Half-sister To Gold Cup Hero Courage Mon Ami Set For Wolverhampton Debut
Our resident bloodstock experts profile the well-bred eyecatchers and expensive purchases set to grace the track.
Ticker Tape
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What's the story?
The newest kids out of Anthony Oppenheimer's fantastic broodmare Crimson Ribbon takes to the track on Tuesday. Owned by Oppenheimer in partnership with his child Sophie, the Time Test filly boasts a top-class pedigree which has been supported over several years by Hascombe and Valiant Stud.
How is she ?
The three-year-old is by the now Turkey-based Time Test, but she has a distaff pedigree that makes her an important long-term prospect. She is out of the winning Lemon Drop Kid mare Crimson Ribbon, a sis to Hardwicke and Jockey Club Stakes winner Bronze Cannon, as well as a half-sister to King Edward VII Stakes victor Across The Stars. Another of her half-siblings is American Grade 3 winner Valiant Girl, the dam of this year's Listed Jumeirah 2,000 Guineas winner Title Role.
Ticker Tape remains in turn a half-sister to Courage Mon Ami, a winner of the 2023 Gold Cup at Ascot for Wathnan Racing, in addition to Listed winners Lion's Pride, Danielle, Crimson Rosette and Astronomos.
Who does she deal with?
Her three competitors consist of the winning Lizzana, a Saxon Warrior half-sister to the Listed-placed Das Rote. The Marco Botti-trained filly has run two times, with her most recent effort coming when easily landing a Kempton restricted novice in October.
The unraced Sayidah Aleen is an interesting competitor on pedigree, being a half-sister to black-type winners or performers consisting of Dusky Queen. There is plenty of skill in the family as her dam is a half-sister to Sweet Solera Stakes scorer and Moyglare Stud Stakes fourth Albabilia.
Ammoony, a twice-raced child of Zarak, can not be marked down either. She was 5th to 1,000 Guineas entries Touleen and Zanthos on debut at Leicester last September and that kind was franked when Zanthos caught the Rockfel Stakes. Ammoony finished her juvenile campaign with a close-up 4th at the exact same track - and over a mile - simply under a month later.
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