Pedigree Watch – UK- Can Frankel Mare Win Arc?

Tara Madgwick - Thursday August 18

Group I racing continued at York overnight with the Group I Darley Yorkshire Oaks (1m4f) won by outstanding Frankel mare Alpinista, whose next stop is likely to be the Arc.

A homebred for Kirsten Rausings’ Lanwades Stud, five year-old Alpinista is trained by Sir Mark Prescott and was a triple Group I winner in Germany last year.

She has enjoyed a steady rise through her career as a maiden winner at two, a Group I placed Listed winner at three before going undefeated since the start of last season winning all five starts in 2021 and her two runs this year.

Advertisement

Alpinista proved too good for Epsom Oaks winner Tuesday forging clear to win by a length and has now win five Group I races..

“Alpinista won't go for the Vermeille, I think she'll go straight to the Arc. She's just good enough to go close. You've got a chance, therefore you must go. She's a marvellous filly and she's improved all the time,” said Sir Mark Prescott.

“Her great gift is that she's straightforward. She's not worrying, she's not boiling over, she's not off her grub, she's not lame. She's improved every race and I think her success is because she's straightforward, she goes on more or less any ground, you can hold her up and make the running. It's like people, if they're very straightforward it's amazing what you can do.”
 

Alpinista is the first winner for stakes-winning Hernando mare Alwilda, a daughter of triple Group I winner Albonova.

Alwilda is a half-sister to Group III winner Algometer and stakes-winner All At Sea, the dam of this year’s Royal Ascot Group II Queen’s Vase winner Eldar Eldarov.

This female family has been carefully nurtured at Lanwades Stud over four generations delivering countless stakes-winners.
 

The Group II Lowther Stakes (6f) for two year-old fillies was won by the 25-1 shot Swingalong, a speedy Showcasing filly trained by Karl Burke.

With two wins from four starts, Swingalong heads next to the Group I Cheveley Park Stakes.

A 120,000 guinea purchase for Blandford Bloodstock from Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2, she runs for Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum.

The 61st stakes-winner for former NZ shuttler Showcasing, Swingalong is the best of three winners from winning Shamardal mare Pilates, a half-sister to stakes-winner Knavesmire.

The Listed Galtres Stakes (1m4f) was won by promising filly Haskoy, a Juddmonte Farms homebred by Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn, who was recently sold by Darley and will stand at Overbury Stud going forward marketed towards national hunt racing as well as flat.

Trained by Ralph Beckett and ridden by Ryan Moore, Haskoy scored by a neck over another Juddmonte homebred Frankel filly Time Lock and has now won two from two.

Haskoy is the first foal from stakes-winning Nathaniel mare Natavia, a half-sister to Group I winner Spinning Queen. She is the 12th stakes-winner for Golden Horn and the second for Nathaniel as a broodmare sire.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Sires With Winners - Friday July 4
Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sires With Winners - Saturday July 5
Here is the full list of 112 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sweet Redemption for Stable Favourite Jimmy the Bear
Patrick and Michelle Payne enjoyed a red letter day at Flemington on Saturday with their rising star Buccleuch winning the Listed VRC Taj Rossi Series Final and then later in the day stable favourite Jimmy the Bear won the Listed VRC Winter Championship Series Final (1600m).
2026 Golden Slipper Entries – Sortable, Sale Mail – Find Out More
The new season is nearly upon us and that means all over the country a new crop of rising two year-olds are taking baby steps in the best stables in the land with the Australian Turf Club announcing this week they had received 1927 entries for the 2026 Golden Slipper, so who is in the race?
Lisa Kennedy Recognized for Thoroughbred Welfare
Lisa Kennedy has always had a passion for thoroughbreds, and her efforts in guiding retired racehorses into new careers through EventStars were celebrated at Entain’s Industry Excellence Awards last Sunday as the winner of the Care and Welfare Excellence Award.
Divine Prophet’s Fortunate Kiss Captures Elusive Black Type Win
With nine top five finishes in previous black type races, it was better late than never as 6yo Divine Prophet mare Fortunate Kiss charged along the inside to win the $300,000 Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday – her first black type victory.
Buccleuch - First Stakes-Winner for Peltzer
The $175,000 Listed VRC Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday was won back in 2020 by Cherry Tortoni, who went to on to become a multiple Group winner of nearly $1million and the same colours were carried by this year’s winner Buccleuch.
Snitzel Filly Bridal Waltz Wins A.R. Creswick Stakes
While many felt the winner of Saturday’s Listed $175,000 VRC A.R. Creswick Stakes (1200m) had raced two weeks prior in the Shop Flemington Handicap (1100m) – and they would’ve been correct – but it was not the result many punters felt it would be!
Kiwi Bred Good Banter Finds Winning Form
Four-year-old mare Good Banter was back in the winner’s circle when narrowly prevailing in the Catanach's Jewellers Handicap (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday for trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton.
Invincible 3YO Wins G3 Winx Guineas
The $300,000 Group III Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday featured a big field of 16 up and comers and following the late scratching of favourite Mister Bianco, Angela Jones took luck out of the equation on I Am Invincible gelding The Three Hundred.