Beauvatier rises to the Challenge at Newmarket

Beauvatier’s patience was rewarded as he worked his way from last to first to land the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes at Newmarket.

The French-trained colt was representing Yann Barberot’s Deauville stable in the five-runner Group Two, with Alexis Pouchin taking the ride as the duo started at 7-1.

John and Thady Gosden’s Audience leapt into the lead and set a stern pace, with Beauvatier initially left in rear before the early speed faded and he was able to pick off the whole field one by one to prevail by two and a quarter lengths from Poet Master.

“Yann said ‘this horse is doing great and it’s a small field and I think we should run’ and he was bang on the money,” said Alex Solis, racing manager for winning co-owners LNJ Foxwoods SC.

“In his other races this year he never got any cover so we said to Alexis just grab him coming out of the gate and to just cover him up and Yann was right, he deserves all the credit.

“The first eighth of a mile the pace didn’t look like it would quicken, but then they took off and it probably set up nicely for him.

“Truthfully I don’t know what we will do with him and we were thinking he could be a nice stallion prospect, but maybe there might be more to running him internationally. We’re very fortunate to have that problem.”

Yabher received a well-timed ride from Tom Marquand to take the bet365 Old Rowley Cup Handicap as a 13-2 chance.

William Haggas’ charge was drawn in stall one and on the inner rail he plugged away and ran a dogged race to come out on top by a neck from Harry Charlton’s Wine Dark Sea.

It was somewhat fitting that a day after the annual Tattersalls Book 1 Sale finished that Act Of Kindness, a 3.7million guineas buy from last year’s sale, opened her account in the Godolphin Under Starters Orders Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

Trained by Charlie Appleby, the half-sister to 2023 Fillies’ Mile winner Ylang Ylang, had finished third here on her debut late last month but the 4-5 favourite showed the necessary improvement to register a length-and-a-quarter success in the hands of William Buick.

The Moulton Paddocks handler will now look forward to running the daughter of Siyouni in a Classic trial early next year and said: “The ground was slightly easier last time and William got off there and said she would appreciate a bit of juice going forward as that was quick enough, but also I think she is a filly who is going to appreciate stepping up in trip as well.

“Is she a Guineas filly? Well she’s got a bit more stepping up to do to justify being quoted for that.

“But we’ll put her away now and she’s had two runs, two very nice experiences and you would be confident you would be coming back in the spring looking at a trial starting over a mile or 10 furlongs.

“A filly with her pedigree, it’s nice to get that win under her belt and whether we see her in a Pretty Polly or a Nell Gwyn or something like that next spring, we’ll see.”

Karl Burke landed another Group race when Karmology (9-1) was rewarded for a string of consistent efforts in the Newmarket Pony Academy Pride Stakes.

“I’m pleased for the owners, she’s entered in the sales and I’m pretty sure they’ll see her but they do breed as well, so after that they may not,” said Burke.