Just two days after recording a first Group 1 winner, Ghaiyyath has another candidate for honours at the highest level after his well-related two-year-old son Nation's Hope delivered a stunning debut display in Monday's British EBF Future Stayers Maiden Stakes at Kempton to earn a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' rosette in the one-mile contest.
Godolphin's homebred bay, a half-brother to multiple Grade I-winning globetrotter Nations Pride (Teofilo), outclassed 11 rivals to become the third Rising Star for his sire (by Dubawi) and joins G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches third Mandanaba and G2 Joel Stakes runner-up Opera Ballo on the roll of honour.
“He's a good type, I thought he did well on debut and I was very pleased with him,” said winning rider James Doyle. “He broke nicely and we got that nice trailing position where I could teach him a little bit in behind horses. Once we got into the straight, I popped him out and he showed a really nice turn of foot. He was learning on the job, he galloped out strongly and it was everything you like to see in a potentially smart horse. His [half] brother [Nations Pride] wore these colours and did a good job and, hopefully, he can go on to emulate what he's done.”
The 2-1 joint-favourite was steadied to track the leaders in fifth after the opening exchanges. Cruising forward on the bridle in the straight, he quickened in impressive fashion to seize control approaching the final furlong and thundered clear in the closing stages to easily outclass Charlie Appleby stablemate Naqada King (American Pharoah) by five lengths.
Nation's Hope is the latest of six reported foals and fourth scorer produced by Listed Kolner Stutenpreis victrix Important Time (Oasis Dream), herself a daughter of G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Satwa Queen (Muhtathir). Descendants of Satwa Queen, who is a half-sister to G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud-winning sire Spadoun (Kaldoun), include multiple Group 1-winning dual Australian champion Militarize (Dundeel) and G1 Phoenix Stakes-winning sire Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega). The April-foaled homebred bay is a half-brother to the aforementioned GI Saratoga Derby, G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis, GI Canadian International and GI Arlington Million hero Nations Pride (Teofilo).
2nd-Kempton, £20,000, Mdn, 11-3, 2yo, 8f (AWT), 1:39.96, st/sl.
NATION'S HOPE (IRE), c, 2, by Ghaiyyath (Ire)
1st Dam: Important Time (Ire) (SW-Ger), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Satwa Queen (Fr), by Muhtathir (GB)
3rd Dam: Tolga, by Irish River (Fr)
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $13,539. *1/2 to Nations Pride (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), MGISW-US, G1SW-Ger, GISW-Can, MGSW & G1SP-UAE, SW-Eng, $3,843,051. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O/B-Godolphin; T-Charlie Appleby; J-James Doyle.
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