Newmarket winner Sharaakah.
The horse might be different but the result remains the same. Twelve months on from Arethusa’s success in the fillies’ maiden auction at Newmarket last Saturday, Sharaakah kept the race in the yard when quickening past Puzzle Look to score by half a length.
Fourth on debut at Lingfield having missed a beat at the start and run green throughout, Sharaakah left that form well behind in the hands of Joe Fanning.
She travelled sweetly on the heels of the leaders before switching to the outside passing the furlong pole, and Joe only had to give her a solitary smack to readily land the spoils, with the front two pulling an encouraging four lengths clear of the remainder.
Congratulations to her owner, Mohammed Jaber, who collects a Plus 10 bonus for the victory of this Goffs yearling purchase. Her pedigree suggests the best is yet to come, too, her being by first-season sire Roderic O’Connor, who landed the Irish 2,000 Guineas at three.
This was our second juvenile winner of the year and we will probably aim this filly towards nurseries now. It will be interesting to note how the handicapper rates her, with the race having appeared no better than average on paper although her performance in winning was quite striking.