Ed Dunlop joined fellow Newmarket trainer George Scott on the San Siro scoresheet when sending out Just Call Me Angel (Dark Angel) to win Sunday's G2 Premio Dormello in impressive fashion.
The Cayton Park Stud homebred raced in a clear second behind the freewheeling Flowe Stone (Sergei Prokofiev) until eating into the leader's advantage early in the straight. Clearly relishing the step up to a mile, she moved to the lead entering the final two furlongs and proceeded to power clear in the hands of Robert Havlin, ultimately winning by two and a quarter lengths. Endo Botti saddled the next three home as Kebrilla (Saxon Warrior) and Reina Julieta (Inns Of Court) completed the frame, just ahead of favourite Chelsea Believe (Make Believe).
Just Call Me Angel has now won three of her last four starts for the Dunlop stable. After beating the subsequent G3 Oh So Sharp Stakes winner Calendar Girl (Advertise) to open her account at Epsom in August, she then followed up in a nursery at Kempton, before finishing third in a similar event at Newmarket.
Pedigree Notes
Just Call Me Angel is the second winner from as many runners out of the winning Shamardal mare Be More, a full-sister to the G3 Sha Tin Vase and G3 Premier Cup runner-up Born In Bombay. Their dam is the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes third Pearl Dance (Nureyev), whose other progeny include the G3 Prix Chloe winner Sparkling Beam (Nayef) and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac third Rainbow Springs (Selkirk), the dam of the G3 Prix Francois Boutin runner-up Oneforthegutter (Muhaarar). This is also the family of the G1 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues (Dance In The Dark).
Sunday, Milan, Italy
PREMIO DORMELLO-G2, €247,500, Milan, 10-19, 2yo, f, 1600mT, 1:36.90, gd.
1–JUST CALL ME ANGEL (GB), 123, f, 2, by Dark Angel (Ire)
1st Dam: Be More (GB), by Shamardal
2nd Dam: Pearl Dance, by Nureyev
3rd Dam: Ocean Jewel, by Alleged
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Cayton Park Stud
Ltd. T-Ed Dunlop; J-Robert Havlin. €95,625. Lifetime Record:
6-3-0-2, €125,578. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
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free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Kebrilla (Ire), 123, f, 2, Saxon Warrior (Jpn)–Two Pass (Ire),
by Mtoto (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€28,000 Ylg '24
GOFOCT). O-SC Pink and Black SRL; B-Summerhill & Camas
Park; T-Endo Botti. €42,075.
3–Reina Julieta (Ire), 123, f, 2, Inns Of Court (Ire)–Ninepins
(Ire), by Rip Van Winkle (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Sc
Giacobbe Ferruccio EC. B-Allevamento Le.Gi Srl; T-Endo Botti.
€22,950.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1 1/4, SNK. Odds: 3.35, 7.25, 19.60.
Also Ran: Chelsea Believe (Ire), South Blaze (Ire), Believe In Me (Ger), Salar Forever (GB), Flowe Stone (Ire), Flosrose (Ire). Click for the SNAI chart & video.
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