Haffner

Peter Brant, Coolmore and Westerberg's TDN Rising Star Haffner (Justify) bounced back off a defeat in last month's G2 Vintage and the Aidan O'Brien trainee found plenty under forceful urging to make a stakes breakthrough in Wednesday's G3 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes at York. "He ran a lovely race at Goodwood, but Ryan [Moore] thought he was a little bit babyish," commented O'Brien after collecting a fourth rosette in the seven-furlong Breeders' Cup Challenge Series qualifier. "He's a very good mover and we always thought the quicker the better for him...

It wasn't Ryan Moore or William Buick's name next to the winner of the Qatar Goodwood Festival's first black-type race of the week, but the little-known Kaiya Fraser as he steered Dr Rascal (Sottsass) to success in the G2 Vintage Stakes. Two-for-two entering this seven-furlong test, Charlie and Julia Rosier's homebred was always travelling strongly tracking the leaders early. Sent up a narrow gap on the far rail approaching the furlong pole, the 13-2 shot subdued Ballydoyle's Haffner (Justify) soon after for a half-length success with the 5-4 favourite Al Hudaiba (Dark Angel)...

After Royal Ascot and Newmarket July, Goodwood grasps the baton on Tuesday as the British summer Festival scene heads south. Barring any unwelcome sea frets that can at times envelop these picturesque Sussex Downs, this week's action at the Qatar-sponsored jamboree should make for some spectacle. Headlining the opening day of what is traditionally termed "Glorious Goodwood" is the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, now firmly established as a Group 1 and the natural sequel to the Ascot Gold Cup. Part of the old staying triple crown that includes the Doncaster...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (July 6-19), with a first-crop daughter of Rathbarry Stud's State Of Rest leading the way. =5. HAFFNER Justify - Earth Strike (Ire), by Zoffany (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 90 Haffner stepped up markedly on his debut form when winning the 7f maiden run at Newmarket's July Festival on July 11, making the most of his experience as he led from pillar to post to land the spoils by a length and a...

On pedigree, Ballydoyle's Haffner (Justify) has no right winning over seven furlongs but that's exactly what he was able to do in a key Newmarket maiden as he became his sire's 13th TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. Having chased home the Superlative-bound Abraham Lincoln at The Curragh over an inadequate six-furlong trip last month, the 5-4 favourite was able to enjoy an easy time setting moderate fractions in front here. Always comfortable, the relative of the operation's multiple Group 1-winning stayer Order Of St George was cajoled clear by...

1.40 Newmarket, Mdn, 2yo, c, 7fT HAFFNER (Justify) is the chosen Ballydoyle representative in this Rossdales British EBF Maiden Stakes over the early entries Oklahoma and Shakespeare and puts the Curragh maiden form of his Superlative-bound Abraham Lincoln on the line at the start of the card. Runner-up to his much-vaunted stablemate over an inadequate six furlongs, the relative of the operation's multiple Group 1-winning stayer Order Of St George encounters Godolphin's newcomer Al Wathba (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a €900,000 Arqana Deauville August graduate from the Charlie Appleby stable...

One of the first of several exciting juveniles to represent Ballydoyle on a weekend that always matters, Abraham Lincoln (Wootton Bassett) came through his test in style to become the stable's latest TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. Sent off the 11-8 favourite for the six-furlong Keadeen Hotel Irish EBF Maiden which opened The Curragh's three-day Derby Festival, the €2.3million Arqana Deauville August graduate who represents Coolmore, Westerberg, Peter Brant and his breeder Jean-Philippe Dubois tracked the leading trio travelling easily under Ryan Moore. Sent to the front a furlong...