March 29, 2025 - KEMPTON PARK, Race 4, GBP £30,000, 8.0F
Dam: Sparkling Surf (GB) , by Frankel (GB)
Owner: P Winkworth (GB)
Breeder: P Winkworth (GB)
Trainer: Owen Burrows
Twelve months on from Kempton playing host to Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Saturday's card produced another new TDN Rising Star in Peter Winkworth's deeply promising homebred filly Glittering Surf (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Off the mark in style over the same mile trip and track in December, the Owen Burrows-trained relative of the G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Kitesurf (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) had to pass most rivals en route to a smooth length success from the strongly-fancied 6-5 favourite Bermuda Longtail (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}).
Burrows has a plan for the 8-1 winner of this fillies' conditions race, formerly known as the Masaka Stakes when it carried listed status as an early 1,000 Guineas trial. “She had been pleasing us at home before her debut, but she surprised us with how well she did win and the boot she showed that day,” he explained. “I felt that whatever she did today she was going to take a nice step forward and interestingly Peter wanted to go slowly with her as she's a big girl.”
“We have six weeks for her to flourish with a bit of Spring warmth before the [Listed] Michael Seeley [Memorial Stakes] at York and I can't wait to see her on the turf. If that went well, she'll have the [G1] Coronation [Stakes] entry. Today she was drawn seven of seven and so we had to take her right back-she did well to win from where she was, as it wasn't an overly-quick gallop so she has a lot of tactical speed and is pretty smart.”
Glittering Surf is the third foal out of the dam Sparkling Surf (GB) (Frankel {GB}), with the second being the 3-year-old filly Ocean Mermaid (GB) (Kingman {GB}) who was runner-up in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes. She is a daughter of the G3 Pinnacle Stakes winner and G2 Lancashire Oaks runner-up Shimmering Surf (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who produced the aforementioned G1 Prix Vermeille, G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix de Royaumont winner Kitesurf (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and the G2 Dante Stakes-placed Surfman (GB) (Kingman {GB}). Her yearling colt is by Palace Pier (GB), while she also has a colt foal by Baaeed (GB).
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