Passage of Time's Kingman Colt Off the Mark At Wolverhampton

6th-Wolverhampton, £5,800, Mdn, 5-7, 3yo/up, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:50.85, st.
TEMPUS (GB) (c, 3, Kingman (GB)#tot">Kingman {GB}–Passage of Time {GB} {G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Eng, GISP-US, $651,668}, by Dansili {GB}), who was second in a decent Nottingham maiden in October, started as the 4-6 favourite and quickly gained the early lead against the rail. Shaking off pace pressure from the top of the straight, the bay strode out with purpose to win by 2 3/4 lengths from Bardo Contiguo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). “He's ran very green still, but has a lack of experience,” jockey Jason Watson said. “He has plenty of ability and there is plenty more to come I'd say. He's a lovely big stamp of a horse with a very good presence about him and did it very easily tonight. We like our horses to come on as the year goes on and this is only the start of it.” The winner is the latest progeny out of the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud heroine Passage of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who was also third in the G1 Nassau S., G1 Prix Vermeille and GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. That makes him a half-brother to Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who started out with this stable and won three pattern races including the G2 Joel S. before transferring to Chad Brown and finishing runner-up in the GI Manhattan S. and GI Fourstardave H., MGSW & G1SP-Eng, MGISP-US, $830,948. Her 2-year-old colt Natchez Trace (GB) is by Kingman's sire Invincible Spirit (Ire), who is also the sire of her yearling colt. Time Test took Royal Ascot's G3 Tercentenary S. in 2015 and it would be no surprise if Tempus is aimed at that prize, now restored to its prior title as the Hampton Court. Passage of Time's full-brother Father Time (GB) enjoyed his finest hour at the 2009 Royal meeting when registering a four-length success in the G2 King Edward VII S., while her half-sister Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar) captured the meeting's Listed Sandringham H. before going on to glory in the G1 Falmouth S. Other family members to feature prominently at Royal Ascot are Twice Over (GB) (Observatory) who just missed out on G1 Prince of Wales's S. glory and was third in the G1 St James's Palace S. and last year's G3 Hampton Court S. third Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, £5,677. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Roger Charlton.