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71.
Pivotal To
Cheveley’s Success
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Breeders
that have retained faith in the great stallion Nureyev as a sire of sires will
have had their hearts warmed by the extraordinary performance over the past week
by Nureyev’s grandson Pivotal.
The Cheveley Park Stud-based son of the ill-fated Polar Falcon is the sire of
Gary Tanaka's 4yo mare Golden Apples (Pivotal--Loon, by Kaldoun) who became a
millionaire with a three-quarter-length victory over Astra (Theatrical--Savannah
Slew, by Seattle Slew) and England's Legend (Lure--Mystery Tune, by Commanche
Run) in the $700,000 Beverly D. S. (G1) at Arlington Park on August 17.
Nureyev
Across the Atlantic at York on Thursday afternoon the Henry Candy-trained 4yo
Kyllachy (Pivotal-Pretty Poppy by Song) emulated the win of his sire and staked
his claim as Europe’s champion sprinter when adding the Group 1 Victor
Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes to previous victories in the Group 2 Temple Stakes and
Group 3 Palace House Stakes.
At Del Mar today the Cheveley Park bred 3yo filly Megahertz (Pivotal--Heavenly
Ray, by Rahy) went within a nose of claiming an international Group1/Grade 1
treble for Pivotal when second to Dublino (Lear Fan--Tuscoga, by Theatrical) in
the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks. Alozaina (Perugino--Latching, by Thatching) a daughter
of Collingrove Stud’s perugino was 1 ½-lengths back in third.
Megahertz suffered her first defeat in six starts this year all of which were
stakes races. The Bobby Frankel-trained filly won the Honeymoon Breeders' Cup H.
(G2), the Providencia S. and the American Oaks where she defeated Dublino on
protest.
Coincidently it was last years Del Mar Oaks (G1) that Golden Apples made her
successful U.S. debut. She then proved to be one of the most consistent fillies
in the business running second in the Queen Elizabeth II Invitational Challenge
Cup (G1), winning the Las Palmas H. (G2) and third in the Matriarch S. (G1).
Golden Apples opened up her 4yo year with a win in the Santa Ana H. (G2) and
then ran second in both the Santa Barbara H. (G2) and Ramona H. (G1).
Cheveley Park Stud bought a fifty-percent interest in Kyllachy following his
4-lengths win in the Group 2 Temple Stakes at Sandown. He was then an unlucky
third in the Group 2 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot before his triumph at
York.
Pivotal is a strongly made chestnut son of Nureyev’s near black son Polar
Falcon, winner of the Group 1 Ladbroke Sprint Cup at Haydock.
Pivotal won 4 races including the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York, running the
5 furlongs in a sizzling 56.53s. A big horse at just under 17 hands Pivotal was
Europe’s Champion first season sire in 2000.
By: Mark Smith
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