Sir Michael Stoute sends squad of blueblooded newcomers to Kempton

Pedigree buffs and followers of Sir Michael Stoute might be tempted by a small, speculative multiple bet on Monday as the master trainer unleashes three well-bred two-year-olds in separate races at Kempton.

The first blueblooded newcomer from Freemason Lodge Stables is Almareekh, who contests the seven-furlong fillies' novice stakes at 4.55.

Monday's racecards

4.55 Kempton
6.00 Kempton
6.30 Kempton

Almareekh is by Claiborne Farm flagship sire War Front, source of 21 Group/Grade 1 winners including Air Force Blue, Brave Anna, Declaration Of War, Lancaster Bomber, Roly Poly, US Navy Flag and War Command, all of whom struck at the highest level in Europe.

Her dam is Orate, a winning A.P. Indy sister to Grade 2 scorer and influential sire Pulpit who has already clicked with War Front to produce European Free Handicap winner and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere third Whitecliffsofdover.

Almareekh was bred by Claiborne Farm and sold by them to Hamdan Al Maktoum for $950,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Nota bene, Stoute has another debutante in the race in the shape of Plath, a Poet's Voice half-sister to Ballymacoll Stud Stakes runner-up Ebbesbourne out of a winning daughter of Oasis Dream and Prix Marcel Boussac scorer Sulk. She is owned and bred by James Wigan.

The next notably-bred newcomer set to be unveiled by Stoute at Kempton on Monday is Galata Bridge in the first division of the mile maiden for two-year-olds at 6.00.

Carrying the colours of Cheveley Park Stud, the colt hails from the first crop of Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Golden Horn, who made a winning debut himself at around a mile on October 29 in his two-year-old season.

Galata Bridge is a half-brother to this season's Falmouth Stakes heroine Veracious, dual Group 2 winner and Queen Anne Stakes runner-up Mutakayyef, Group 3 winner Intimation and Stewards' Cup scorer Intrinsic.

The talented siblings are out of the Pivotal mare Infallible, winner of the Nell Gwyn Stakes and runner-up in the Coronation Stakes and Falmouth Stakes in her racecourse pomp.

The fourth two-year-old Stoute is sending to Kempton for their debut on Monday is Nashy, who contests the second division of the mile maiden at 6.30.

The colt is by three-time Classic laureate Camelot, who enjoyed a good day with his two-year-olds on Saturday through Eyrefield Stakes winner Degraves and Criterium de Saint-Cloud second and third Arthur's Kingdom and Mythical.

The Coolmore-bred is the second foal out of the Duke Of Marmalade mare Venus De Milo, a dual Group 3 winner who was three times a Group 1 runner-up, going closest at the highest level when getting to within half a length of Chicquita in the Irish Oaks.

Nashy will carry Saeed Suhail's silks after being bought by Charlie Gordon-Watson for €400,000 at the Arqana August Yearling Sale.

Stoute is not the only trainer using Kempton to introduce some of their better-bred charges on Monday, though.

The 4.55 also features Cosmic Princess (trained by Hughie Morrison), a Kingman filly out of a Galileo three-parts sister to Kayf Tara and Opera House; Crispina (Ralph Beckett), another daughter of Kingman from the family of Bated Breath, Cityscape and Logician; and Shimmering (John Gosden), a Lope De Vega filly from Watership Down Stud's productive Crystal Spray family.

Others to watch in the 6.00 heat include Back From Dubai (Saeed bin Suroor), an Exceed And Excel colt out of Emirates Rewards, a winning Dubawi half-sister to Outstrip, and Nova Roma (Gosden), a son of Golden Horn out of Ragsah, a Group 3-placed Shamardal half-sister to none other than Dubai Millennium.

Meanwhile, in the 6.30, it would be remiss not to mention the pedigree claims of Cemhaan (Gosden), a Muhaarar colt out of Shalwa, a placed Galileo sister to Group 2 winner and St Leger runner-up Kite Wood, and Mack The Knife (Jamie Osborne), an Australia colt out of Rockfel Stakes winner Kitty Matcham, a three-parts sister to Horatio Nelson out of Imagine.

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