Tawkeel
| Tawkeel | |
|---|---|
 Racing silks of Hamdan Al Maktoum | |
| Sire | Teofilo |
| Grandsire | Galileo |
| Dam | Rafaadah |
| Damsire | Oasis Dream |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 29 January 2017[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Shadwell Estate Co Ltd |
| Owner | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| Trainer | Jean-Claude Rouget |
| Record | 4: 4-0-0 |
| Earnings | £103,992 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Saint-Alary (2020) | |
Tawkeel (foaled 29 January 2017) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She was unraced as a two-year-old in 2019, but in the following season she won her first four races culminating with a victory in the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary.
Background
Tawkeel is a bay filly with a white star bred in England by her owner, Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estate Co Ltd. She was sent into training with Jean-Claude Rouget at Pau.
She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by the Teofilo the undefeated European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006. Teofilo's other European offspring have included Cross Counter, Trading Leather, Pleascach and Parish Hall: he has also had great success in Australia where his major winners have included Happy Clapper, Humidor and Kermadec.[2] Tawkeel was the first foal of her dam Rafaadah showed good racing form in France, winning two of her seven races including the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux in October 2014.[3] Rafaadah's dam Joanna was a high-class racemare whose wins included the Prix du Calvados, Prix Imprudence, Prix de Sandringham and Prix de la Porte Maillot.[4] She was descended from the French broodmare Almyre (foaled 1964) making her a female line relative of Arcangues and Cape Verdi.[5]
Racing career
2020: three-year-old season
Tawkeel did not race as a juvenile and made her racecourse debut on 3 January when she started the 2.1/1 favourite for a maiden race over 1600 metres on the synthetic Fibresand surface at Pau. Ridden by Jean-Bernard Eyquem she raced in mid division before finishing strongly to take the lead inside the last 100 metres and win by one and a quarter lengths.[6] Six weeks later she was partnered by Cristian Demuro when she followed up in a minor event over the same distance on the Polytrack at Cagnes-sur-Mer, leading from the start and winning "easily" by four and a half lengths from Villa Royale.[7] After a break of three months, necessitated by the suspension of racing in France owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the filly returned in the Prix de Lormoy over 1900 metres on Polytrack at Deauville Racecourse in which she started 1/2 favourite. With Demuro again in the saddle she settled towards the rear of the field before taking the lead 200 metres from the finish and winning by a head from Wangari, with a gap of ten lengths back to the other three runners.[8]
On 14 June Tawkeel made her turf debut when she was moved up sharply in class to contest the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary, run that year a month later than usual at Chantilly Racecourse. Ridden by Demuro she started the 3.1/1 second favourite behind the Andre Fabre-trained Solsticia in a seven-runner field which also included Magic Attitude (Prix Vanteaux) and Savarin (Prix d'Aumale). Demuro settled his filly behind the leaders as Again Music and Magic Attitude set the pace before switching to the outside to make a challenge in the straight. Tawkeel gained the advantage approaching the last 200 metres and pulled away to win by five lengths and a head from Magic Attitude and Solsticia.[9] After the Demuro said "I loved the way she picked up in two strides, I almost felt we were going too fast at the finish. I adore that turn of foot she has."[10]
Pedigree
| Sire Teofilo (IRE) 2005 |
Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) | Northern Dancer (CAN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Bridge | |||
| Urban Sea (USA) | Miswaki | ||
| Allegretta (GB) | |||
| Speirbhean (IRE) 1983 |
Danehill (USA) | Danzig | |
| Razyana | |||
| Saviour (USA) | Majestic Light | ||
| Victorian Queen (CAN) | |||
| Dam Rafaadah (GB) 2012 |
Oasis Dream (GB) 2000 |
Green Desert (USA) | Danzig |
| Foreign Courier | |||
| Hope (IRE) | Dancing Brave (CAN) | ||
| Bahamian | |||
| Joanna (IRE) 2007 |
High Chaparral | Sadler's Wells (USA) | |
| Kasora | |||
| Secrete Marina | Mujadil (USA) | ||
| Marina Lady (USA) (Family: 8-f)[5] |
- Tawkeel was inbred 3 × 4 to Sadler's Wells, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree. She was also inbred 3 × 4 to Danzig. Both Sadler's Wells and Danzig were sons of Northern Dancer.
References
- ^ a b "Tawkeel pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Teofilo - Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Rafaadah - Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Joanna - Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Remembrancer mare - Family 8-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Prix d'Accous result". Racing Post. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Prix Georges Sandor result". Racing Post. 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Prix de Lormoy result". Racing Post. 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Prix Saint-Alary result". Racing Post. 14 June 2020.
- ^ Burton, Scott (14 June 2020). "Tawkeel remains unbeaten in Saint-Alary stroll as Epsom becomes a possibility". Racing Post.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Tawkeel