Campanelle (horse)
| Campanelle | |
|---|---|
 Racing silks of Stonestreet Stables | |
| Sire | Kodiac |
| Grandsire | Danehill |
| Dam | Janina |
| Damsire | Namid |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 16 April 2018[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Tally-Ho Stud |
| Owner | Stonestreet Stables |
| Trainer | Wesley Ward |
| Record | 4: 3-0-0 |
| Earnings | £186,929 |
| Major wins | |
| Queen Mary Stakes (2020) Prix Morny (2020) | |
Campanelle (foaled 16 April 2018) is an Irish-bred, American-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2020 she won her first race in the United States and was then sent to Europe where she won the Queen Mary Stakes in England and the Prix Morny in France.
Background
Campanelle is a bay filly with a white star bred in Ireland by the County Westmeath-based Tally-Ho Stud. In October 2019 she was consigned to the Tattersalls Yearling and was purchased for 190,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Ben McElroy.[1] She entered the ownership of Stonestreet Stables and was exported to the United States where she was sent into training with Wesley Ward.
She was sired by Kodiac, a sprinter who won four minor races from twenty starts and finished second in the Hackwood Stakes and fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest.[2] He became a very successful breeding stallion, siring many major winners including Tiggy Wiggy, Fairyland and Hello Youmzain.[3]
Campanelle's dam Janina showed good racing ability, winning two of her five races including the Listed Marygate Fillies' Stakes.[4] She was a distant female-line descendant of the British broodmare Congo (foaled 1939), who was a half-sister to Nimbus and Grey Sovereign.[5]
Racing career
2020: two-year-old season
Campanelle was equipped with blinkers when she made her track debut in a maiden race over five furlongs on the turf course at Gulfstream Park on 31 May. Ridden by Nik Juarez, and starting the 2.1/1 second choice in an eight-runner field, she took a narrow lead on the inside soon after the start and drew away in the closing stages to win by three and a half lengths.[6]
In June Campanelle was sent to England to contest the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting which took place behind closed doors owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ward had an exceptional record at the meeting, having trained ten winners beginning with Strike The Tiger's victory in the 2009 Windsor Castle Stakes.[7] She started the 9/2 second favourite behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained More Beautiful and was partnered by Frankie Dettori. The 20/1 outsider Sardinia Sunset set the pace before giving way to Sacred but Campanelle gained the advantage inside the final furlong and "kept on well" to win by three quarters of a length.[8] Travel restrictions meant that Ward had remained in Florida, leaving the conditioning of his Ascot runners to Dettori and Kieren Fallon. He commented "I had such high expectations for this filly. For her to come through in the biggest 2-year-old fillies' race at Ascot proves how good she really is" while Dettori said "She went as straight as a gun barrel and won very well. I was in the stalls for a very long time and she jumped a bit slow after losing concentration. She had plenty left two furlongs out and quickened very well. She's got a very sensible racing head".[9]
On 23 August at Deauville Racecourse in France Campanelle (racing without blinkers) was stepped up to Group 1 class and matched against male opponents in the Prix Morny over 1200 metres on soft ground. With Dettori again in the saddle she started the 1.7/1 favourite against eight opponents including Tactical (winner of the July Stakes), Cairn Gorm (Prix de Cabourg), Livachope (Prix du Bois) and Nando Parrado (Coventry Stakes). Racing down the centre of the track, Campanelle led soon after the start and pulled clear in the closing stages to win by two lengths and a neck from Nando Parrado and Rhythm Master.[10] Commenting on the fact that he would have to go into quarantine on his return to England, Dettori said "I've filled my car with wine, baguettes and cheese and I'm going to travel through the night, get my test tomorrow and lock myself in the house for a week" and added of the winner "She's got an amazing, long stride. She coped with this ground but she's much better on good. I was worried about it but class comes through... she's able to listen to my commands. When I told her to slow down, she did, and when I asked her to quicken, she quickened. She's a very, very smart two-year-old".[11]
For her final run of the year, Campanelle returned to the United States to contest the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf over one mile at Keeneland on 6 November. Ridden by Dettori she tracked the front-running favourite Mother Pearl but was unable to make any progress in the straight and came home fourth of the fourteen runners.
Pedigree
| Sire Kodiac (GB) 2001 |
Danehill (USA) 1986 |
Danzig | Northern Dancer (CAN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pas de Nom | |||
| Razyana | His Majesty | ||
| Spring Adieu (CAN) | |||
| Rafha (GB) 1987 |
Kris | Sharpen Up | |
| Doubly Sure | |||
| Eljazzi (IRE) | Artaius (USA) | ||
| Border Bounty (GB) | |||
| Dam Janina (GB) 2005 |
Namid (GB) 1996 |
Indian Ridge (IRE) | Ahonoora (GB) |
| Hillbrow (GB) | |||
| Dawnsio (IRE) | Tate Gallery (USA) | ||
| Welsh Dancer (GB) | |||
| Lady Dominatrix (IRE) 1999 |
Danehill Dancer | Danehill (USA) | |
| Mira Adonde (USA) | |||
| Spout House | Flash of Steel | ||
| Otterhill (GB) (Family: 6-f)[5] |
- Campanelle was inbred 2 × 4 to Danehill, meaning that this stallions appears in both the second and the fourth generations of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b c "Campanelle pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Kodiac – Race record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Kodiac – Stud record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Janina – Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Testatrix – Family 6-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Maiden Special Weight result". Racing Post. 31 May 2020.
- ^ Wood, Greg (20 May 2020). "Wesley Ward to send horses but not people to Royal Ascot". The Guardian.
- ^ "Queen Mary Stakes result". Racing Post. 20 June 2020.
- ^ Stevens, James (20 June 2020). "Stonestreet and Ward Take Queen Mary With Campanelle". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Prix Morny result". Racing Post. 23 August 2020.
- ^ Cook, Chris (23 August 2020). "Dettori to quarantine after beating Queen's horse, Tactical, in Prix Morny". The Guardian.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Campanelle