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Ticker Tape
Betmgm Supports Safer Gambling Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (6.00, Wolverhampton, Tuesday)
What's the story?
The most recent kids out of Anthony Oppenheimer's fantastic broodmare Crimson Ribbon takes to the track on Tuesday. Owned by Oppenheimer in partnership with his daughter Sophie, the Time Test filly boasts a top-class pedigree which has been supported over numerous years by Hascombe and Valiant Stud.
How is she reproduced?
The three-year-old is by the now Turkey-based Time Test, however she has a distaff pedigree which makes her an important long-term possibility. She runs out the winning Lemon Drop Kid mare Crimson Ribbon, a sister to Hardwicke and Jockey Club Stakes winner Bronze Cannon, along with a half-sister to King Edward VII Stakes victor Across The Stars. Another of her half-siblings is American Grade 3 winner Valiant Girl, the dam of this year's Listed Jumeirah 2,000 Guineas winner Title Role.
Ticker Tape is in turn a half-sister to Courage Mon Ami, a winner of the 2023 Gold Cup at Ascot for Wathnan Racing, as well as Listed winners Lion's Pride, Danielle, Crimson Rosette and Astronomos.
Who does she deal with?
Her 3 rivals include the winning Lizzana, a Saxon Warrior half-sister to the Listed-placed Das Rote. The Marco Botti-trained filly has run twice, with her newest effort coming when conveniently landing a Kempton restricted amateur in October.
The unraced Sayidah Aleen is an interesting competitor on pedigree, being a half-sister to black-type winners or performers consisting of Dusky Queen. There is plenty of talent in the household as her dam is a half-sister to Sweet Solera Stakes scorer and Moyglare Stud Stakes 4th Albabilia.
Ammoony, a twice-raced daughter of Zarak, can not be discounted either. She was fifth to 1,000 Guineas entries Touleen and Zanthos on launching at Leicester last September and that form was franked when Zanthos recorded the Rockfel Stakes. Ammoony completed her juvenile campaign with a close-up fourth at the very same track - and over a mile - simply under a month later on.
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