TDN RISING STARS

November 15, 2023 - KEMPTON PARK, Race 3, Alw, GBP £6,800, 8.0F

Ejaabiyah (GB), F, 2, 2021 by Frankel (GB)

1st Dam: Estijaab (Aus) (G1SW-Aus, $1,948,724), by Snitzel (Aus)
2nd Dam: Response (Aus), by Charge Forward (Aus)
3rd Dam: Live It Up (Aus), by Match Winner (Fr)

Owner: Emirates Park Pty. Ltd.
Breeder: Emirates Park Pty., Ltd. (GB)
Trainer: Roger Varian

Emirates Park's Ejaabiyah (GB) (Frankel {GB}-Estijaab {Aus}, by Snitzel {Aus}) was denied a debut run with the abandonment of Yarmouth's Oct. 24 meeting, but made up for lost time and attained 'TDN Rising Star' status with a highly impressive display in Wednesday's Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice S. at Kempton. She becomes the 37th Rising Star for Frankel, whose list includes this term's G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Ylang Ylang (GB) and G2 Golden Fleece S. victor Diego Velazquez (Ire).

The 6-1 chance raced along the rail in fourth through the early strides and inched into third tracking a modest pace approaching halfway. Shaken up passing the quarter-mile pole, she unleashed a powerful burst of acceleration to seize control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and surged clear in the latter stages to easily outclass Sattwaa (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) by six lengths.

"It was a taking performance and I really enjoyed that," said winning rider David Egan. "With the slow pace, she travelled nicely and I thought Luke [Morris] did a good job stacking them up in front, so I wanted to keep tabs on him. I got her rolling early, she had a terrific turn of foot and I loved the way she galloped out after the line. She's a beautiful looking filly by Frankel out of a Golden Slipper winner, so she's regally bred and quite smart too. She'd have won over any trip today. Hopefully, she'll tune up over the winter and be a nice filly next year."