Index to Stakes races, August 2007

Race report

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DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS-G1

£290,000, York, 8-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:32.70, gd.

1--PEEPING FAWN, 123, f, 3
Danehill (USA)--Maryinsky (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells (USA).
O-Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier; B-Barnett Enterprises; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-J P Murtagh; £164,662.
Lifetime Record: 10-5-2-3, £689,626.

2--Allegretto (Ire), 133, f, 4
Galileo (Ire)--Alleluia (GB), by Caerleon (USA).
O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Kirsten Rausing & Airlie Stud; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-R L Moore; £62,408.

3--Trick or Treat (GB), 133, f, 4
Lomitas (GB)--Trick of Ace (USA), by Clever Trick (USA).
O/B-Peter Onslow; T-James Given; J-T P Queally; £31,233.

Margins: 4, 5, 1 1/4, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2. Odds: 4-9, 9-1, 66-1.
Also Ran: 4th (£15,573): Under the Rainbow (GB); 5th (£7,801): Dalvina (GB); 6th (£3,915): Darrfonah (Ire); 7th: Silkwood (GB).
Non-runner: Alexandrova (Ire).
7 ran.

Pedigree of PEEPING FAWN (USA), 2004

Other Stakes wins

Pretty Polly Stakes G1

Irish Oaks G1

Nassau Stakes G1

Unraced as a juvenile, Peeping Fawn started her three-year-old campaign with three placed efforts in maiden company in April. The daughter of Danehill opened her account in a mile event at Navan on May 16.

Impressed by her three and a half length triumph, trainer Aidan O’Brien ran Peeping Fawn in the Boylesports Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh 11 days later. Making the running in the Classic, she battled on gamely when headed, finishing third, just over two lengths behind Finsceal Beo.

Stepping up to a mile and a half, Peeping Fawn continued to race in Classic company, as she lined up in the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom Downs on June 1. Despite stumbling early on in the race, she ran on strongly, laying down a serious challenge to Light Shift in the closing stages and going on to finish half a length second to the Henry Cecil-trained filly.

Peeping Fawn returned to the Curragh at the end of June, taking on older fillies and mares for the first time in the 10-furlong Group One Audi Pretty Polly Stakes. Kieren Fallon sent her to the front inside the final furlong and she responded well, gaining an easy two-length victor from Speciosa.

She re-opposed Light Shift in the Group One Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh in the middle of July. Making her eighth start of the season, Aidan O’Brien’s filly excelled in the soft ground, beating her Epsom conqueror comprehensively by three and a half lengths.

Peeping Fawn returned to 10 furlongs in the Group One Blue Square Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on August 4. Taking on older rivals for a second time, she took the lead with three furlongs left and drew clear to beat the 2006 Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly champion Mandesha by a length and a half.

The Group One Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York on August 22 was to be Peeping Fawn’s final start of the season and she duly recorded her biggest margin of victory, beating Allegretto by four lengths.

Given a break following a busy campaign, trainer Aidan O’Brien hopes that Peeping Fawn, whose half-brother Thewayyouare, won the Group I Criterium International at Saint-Cloud earlier this month, will remain in training next season.