Second Winner For Ghaiyyath As Observer Scores By Five

Dane Squance - Wednesday June 4

Second on debut when just three parts of a length off the winner at Pakenham, the James Cummings’ trained Observer (Ghaiyyath) looked sensational as he made a mess of his rivals to score over 1400m in the Tile Importer Handicap on the Sandown Lakeside course.

Dominant Five Length Win For Ghaiyyath's Observer - Image Racing Photos

Jumping away from the outside barrier, Mark Zahra allowed the two-year-old colt to go forward and under his own steam, crossing the field to settle in the lead with fellow Godolphin raced colt Wentworth Falls (Too Darn Hot), who was forced to race wide for a period before settling in second for the Anthony and Sam Freedman stable.

Controlling the race on the odds on favourite, Zahra upped the ante as the colt entered the home straight, extending away in the manner of a nice horse, eventually eased down to win by five lengths from Wentworth Falls with a further two and three-quarter lengths back to the third placed Sky Deel (Dundeel).

 

Observer is a son of the unraced Lonhro mare Smooth, herself a sister to Coolmore’s Pierro and to the dam of recent Inglis Chairman’s sale graduate Estriella (I Am Invincible), a $2.8m purchase by Coolmore’s Tom Magnier.

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A half-sister to Group 3 winner Sandpaper (Snitzel), Observer is the third winner from three runners out of Smooth with her fourth foal being a colt from the first crop of Champion Anamoe (Street Boss), while the mare is due to foal in the Spring to Group 1 Newmarket Handicap winner Cylinder (Exceed And Excel).

Ghaiyyath Is The Sire Of Two Impressive Australian Winners To Date

Joining Godolphin’s recent winner Crocodile as the just the second Australian winner for Ghaiyyath, the multiple Group 1-winning son of Dubawi will not shuttle to Australia in the spring but will stay in the northern hemisphere where he has been represented by 26 winners led by the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux winner Mandanaba.

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Race Result - Tile Importer Hcp 1400m

Sandown-Lakeside Track: Good(4) Time: 1:23.81
1
Observer
- 2c Ghaiyyath (IRE) x Smooth (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: M Zahra 58
2
5
Wentworth Falls
- 2c Too Darn Hot (GB) x Spring Waterfall (IRE) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: J Mott 57.5
3
7.8
Sky Deel
- 2c Dundeel (NZ) x French Skyline (AUS) (Manhattan Rain (AUS))
Tnr: Gavin Bedggood Rdr: Beau Mertens 58
NZB Karaka Book 1 $80,000
Seller: Cheltenham Stables
Buyer: Gavin Bedggood Racing
Inglis Great Southern Sale $120,000
Seller: Burnewang North Pastoral, Rochester
Buyer: Cheltenham Stables
4
7.8
Blue Ensign
- 2g U S Navy Flag (USA) x Recollecting (NZ) (Darci Brahma (NZ))
Tnr: S J Richards Rdr: Jett Stanley 57.5
5
9.6
Thunderbolt Way
- 2c Pariah (AUS) x Shy Girl (USA) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: Simon Zahra Rdr: Fred W Kersley 57.5
6
10.3
Pierrobid
- 2g Pierro (AUS) x Primavera (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: S J Richards Rdr: J Noonan 58
7
10.8
Fierce Fighter
- 2c Fierce Impact (JPN) x Savvan (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: Luke Cartwright 54.5
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