WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Despite being the hottest day of the year in 2006 on Wednesday 19th July, the Juddmonte Stallion roster was represented by four winners around the British racetracks, all of whom proved that they were at the top of their game leaving their rivals behind in the race for the line.

Hot on the heels of DANSILI's group successes last week, juvenile fillies Chervil and Dollar Chick produced a couple of noteworthy performances at Lingfield and Catterick. Chervil, the Amanda Perrett trained half-sister to the Gr.1 winner Light Jig, saw off a challenge from the smart filly Empress Olga a full-sister to Russian Rhythm, when she responded readily off the bend into the home straight under Ryan Moore. This performance qualified her to be titled Maiden Winner of the Day by the Racing Post Bloodstock Desk.

Bloodstock Desk Article on Chervil-Racing Post 20th July
MUCH of the pre-race focus rested on Empress Olga, a sister to Russian Rhythm, but Chervil was entitled to win this judged on her promising debut at Warwick last month. The filly now has that all important win to supplement her high class pedigree and it would be no surprise to see her go on to better things.

Chervil is another winner for DANSILI, who has had a fabulous week thanks to the victories of Rail Link and Strategic Prince. The filly is also the product of a very successful female line, her dam Nashmeel having produced 11 winners, three of them black-type, from 13 foals.

Nashmeel's finest moment came in the Group 2 Prix d'Astarte, but she ran with credit at Grade 1 level, finishing second in the Yellow Ribbon Handicap and the Matriarch Stakes when transferred to the US.
Several years later, her Danehill daughter, Light Jig, went one better in the Yellow Ribbon, having also won the Grade 2 Beverley Hills Handicap. Nashmeel's first foal, Lynton, a colt by Lyphard, was also a French Listed winner, as was her Sanglamore colt, Battle Dore.

Nashmeel is out of the smart US filly Donut's Bunnie, who won four races in the US. At stud she was a prolific producer, breeding ten winners from 12 runners.

Dollar Chick (DANSILI) offered a glimpse of her ability whilst making an easy run for the line with her ears pricked in the juvenile novice event yesterday at Catterick, confirming the promise of her debut run at Beverley with a decisive two-and-a-half length victory. Trainer Mark Johnston said "The Initial plan had been to run Always Fruitful in this race, as we didn't think the sharp track would suit her. But after he had a small problem yesterday morning, we put this filly in despite the course. She'll definitely be better on a galloping track. We'll step her up in grade now. I've entered her for the Shergar Cup, and a Group 2 in Ireland is another possibility."

RAINBOW QUEST's winner appeared from the Weatherby's Printing Handicap at Kempton for trainer John Hills. Getting first run on the others, Follow The Colours was in front with more than a furlong to go and had soon gone beyond recall. He looked a bit of a handful in the preliminaries, but he is evidently getting better in that department, and once the race was under way he was always travelling.

Finsbury (OBSERVATORY), trained by Chris Wall, produced a telling turn of foot to settle the issue near the finish of the John Smith's Novice Auction St . He got the trip well under a patient ride and gave the impression there will be more to come from him.

Date: 20 July 2006