All-Weather Championships Finals Day was held at Lingfield on Friday. The day’s feature, although not a black type event, was the Easter Classic which was won by Andrew Balding’s Bangkok (Australia) who closed the door on Winter Derby winner Forest Of Dean on the home turn and overhauled Palavecino to win by a neck. Bangkok had won the Listed Winter Derby Trial in February and then ran in the Saudi Cup, where he was eighth. The winner of the G3 Classic Trial in 2019, he is likely to run at Chester in the G3 Huxley Stakes next month.
The most impressive performance of the day came from the Roger Varian-trained Khuzaam (Kitten’s Joy) who bolted up by five lengths in the All-Weather Mile Championships. If the five-year-old can translate his best form to turf he will be a force to be reckoned with in mile Pattern contests this season.
Clive Cox was delighted with the performance of Diligent Harry in the Three-Year-Old Championship, where he won by two lengths over G3 Sirenia Stakes winner Mighty Gurkha. Diligent Harry was unraced until January but has now won three of his four starts and will be aimed at the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. Cox holds the son of Due Diligence in high regard, saying: “He’s as exciting as a few of the good sprinters we’ve had, but as he’s done a lot in a short time, I shall give him a recharge now.”
As the new season gathers pace, included on page 2 is a reference table of sires with first crop runners this season. This gives details of the initial fee for this crop of stallions, and their first crop foal and yearling averages. Darley’s King’s Stand winner Profitable became the first freshman sire to get off the mark when Thunder Love, his first runner, won at Kempton last week.
On page 3 you will find a table of leading sires of two-year-olds in 2020 – as the season develops we will see whether Kodiac’s phenomenal 2018 crop can continue their form as three-year-olds (33% of his wins have historically come from his 3yo’s, against 36% for his 2yo’s, so this crop should continue in formidable form) and whether Mehmas’ stock prove as effective at three.
This is the second of the weekly editions of the Black Type Digest in 2021, with results and winner’s pedigrees for stakes races in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy.
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