The second day of Glorious Goodwood was supposed to deliver Blue Point colt Rosallion another Group I victory in the Sussex Stakes (1m), but his withdrawal paved the way for Godolphin’s Dubawi colt Notable Speech to return to winning form, while Blue Point still posted a winning double on the card.
Trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick, Notable Speech won the Group I English 2000 Guineas beating Rosallion and then put in a below par run at Royal Ascot when unplaced behind that colt in the Group I St James’s Palace Stakes.
He bounced back here to win by a length and a half over the William Haggas trained Maljoom taking his overall record to five wins from six starts.
“Notable Speech was firing on all cylinders coming in here today. He's a brilliant Guineas winner, with a very rare turn of foot. He showed that again today and I'm delighted,” said William Buick.
“Full credit to Charlie and the whole team, they've done such a good job with him to get him back after a disappointing run in the St James's Palace where he was obviously too bad to be true. He's such a brilliant horse. He's a horse that really excites you and it's a real privilege to be riding him.”
A homebred for Godolphin. Notable Speech is the first winner for Group III placed Invincible Spirit mare Swift Rose, a half-sister to Group I winner Wild Beauty and Group III winner Desert Wisdom, who is also by Dubawi.
His pedigree traces back to fourth dam Cherokee Rose, a brillian dual Group I winning sprinter, who has spawned an impressive dynasty of stakes-winners that includes Group I winners Kirklees, Mastery, Mukhadram last this season’s Group I placed Australian juvenile Linebacker.
Notable Speech is the best of three stakes-winners bred on the Dubawi x Invincible Spirit nick which has had 19 winners from 236starters. so 73% winner to runner and 11.5% SW to runner.
The Group III Oak Tree Stakes (7f) for the three year old fillies was won by Blue Point filly Raqiya on protest in a thriller.
A Shadwell homebred trained by Owen Burrows, she took her overall record to four wins from seven starts with her second Black Type success.
“Jim Crowley felt Raqiya would have won with a clear run, and watching it a few times on the big screen, we probably felt we would have been an unlucky loser, but that's the way it goes here sometimes. It was there for all to see,” said Owen Burrows.
“It would have been a bit gutting not to get it. The most positive thing about the race, even if we didn't get it, was that seven furlongs on fast ground is her bag. That was a big positive to take out of it.”
Raqiya is the best of three winners from unraced Dansili mare Rihaam, a sibling to stakes-winners Ethaara, Sudoor and Mudaaraah.
She was one of two winners on the card for Blue Point, whose three year-old colt Blue Prince took out a 7f handicap race.
First season sire Mohaather, who won the Sussex Stakes in 2020, sired his second stakes-winner when two year-old colt Big Mojo won the Group III Molecombe Stakes (5f) at his second start.
Trained by Michael Appleby, he won by three-quarters of a length beating the favourite Aesterius.
Big Mojo was bought for 175,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale by Quirke Bloodstock / RP Racing and is the first winner for stakes-placed No Nay Never mare Jm Jackson.
Big Mojo is the second stakes-winner among five first crop winners for Showcasing’s G1 winner Mohaather, who stands for Shadwell at Beech House Stud at a fee of £12,500. He is also the first stakes-winner as a broodmare sire for Scat Daddy’s speed son No Nay Never.
