Master Of The Seas won the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. - Supplied photo
Dubai - Godolphin's Master Of The Seas emulates Dubawi by winning Superlative Stakes, while Sheikh Hamdan's Mohaather clinches Summer Mile
Published: Sat 11 Jul 2020, 7:27 PM
Last updated: Sat 11 Jul 2020, 10:13 PM
Master Of The Seas and Mohaather stamped their class in race meetings at Newmarket and Ascot racecourses, emerging triumphant in Group 2 contests on Saturday.
Godolphin's Master Of The Seas emulated his illustrious sire Dubawi by claiming the Superlative Stakes on the third and final day of the July Festival, while Mohaather, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Minister of Finance, was victorious in the Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.
Master Of The Seas made a splash, winning by a whopping three lengths to follow in the footsteps of Dubawi, the 2005 Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas champion, who had won the same race back in 2004.
The victory made the two-year-old colt a strong contender for the 2000 Guineas next year.
"He has done nothing wrong in two starts and is a lovely specimen by Dubawi," conditioner Charlie Appleby said of Master Of The Seas, who has won on both his starts.
"We will get back and see how he pops out of this but the likelihood is that we will hopefully go down the same route as Pinatubo and take a look at the G1 National Stakes (The Curragh, Ireland) in September. It is unlikely that he will go to Goodwood and we will probably give him a bit of a break. He is a big horse and a bit more time won't do him any harm," the 45-year-old Briton added.
Mohaather, meanwhile, showed an amazing turn of foot to blow the field and win by 3 ¾ lengths ahead of the Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum-owned San Donato.
"That was something else," trainer Marcus Tregoning said.
"He's always looked like he could be a very good horse and he now looks like he might be the best miler I've ever had. Coming into today I was thinking that he's a solid Group 2 horse but now I'm starting to think he might just be a bit better than that," he added.
Earlier, the afternoon at Newmarket began with a hat-trick of wins for Dubai connections. Country, owned by Jebel Ali Racecourse patron Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, set the ball rolling by winning the bet365 Handicap, while Godolphin's Wedding Dance did the jig after landing the British EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes.
In fact, it was a clean sweep as the Dubai racing operation's Danilova and Nash Nasha finished second and third respectively.
Then, there was a one-two for Godolphin in the Novice Stakes as Stunning Beauty, saddled by Emirati handler Saeed bin Suroor, ran a stunner of a race to win by a whopping four lengths over stablemate Declaring Love.
Godolphin's Eastern World was second in the bet365 Mile Handicap.
Sheikh Hamdan's Motakhayyel won the Bunbury Cup (Heritage Handicap).
Elsewhere, at Ascot, Sheikh Hamdan's Manaabit was victorious in the Betfred Fillies' Handicap with Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum's Al Rasmah finishing in second.
Sheikh Hamdan's Baasem was third in the Betfred 'Thanks To The NHS' Handicap.
Meanwhile, Godolphin's Pinatubo and Well Of Wisdom will be contesting the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat, while Royal Crusade races in the Group 3 Prix de Ris-Orangis, in Deauville, France. The triumvirate is trained by Appleby with jockey William Buick riding Pinatubo and Royal Crusade, while Well Of Wisdom will be the mount of James Doyle.
james@khaleejtimes.com
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