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1stTornado Alert3yo by Too Darn Hot × Bint Almatar€100,000
2ndMap Of Stars4yo by Sea The Stars × Bateel€30,000
3rdLazio3yo by Make Believe × La Caldera€15,000
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Tornado Alert
Purse€155,000
Distance2000 metres
Winning time2m 11.52s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up

Stories of this Result

Tornado Alert

Odds-on favourite Map Of Stars (1,9) could only finish second. Former winner Calif (2024) was among the beaten runners, finishing eighth. He is a homebred, raced by Godolphin, who also bred him.

Godolphin

Godolphin had already owned winners of this race: Barney Roy (2020) and Nations Pride (2023). With this win, the owner moved to 11 Group 1 wins this season, 4 wins behind leader Coolmore Group in the 2025 owners' table.

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Result

10 runners · prize money to 5th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stTornado Alert3yo colt by Too Darn Hot × Bint AlmatarOisin MurphySaeed bin Suroor€100,000
2ndMap Of Stars4yo gelding by Sea The Stars × BateelJames DoyleFrancis-Henri Graffard2 1/2€30,000
3rdLazio3yo colt by Make Believe × La CalderaMartin SeidlWaldemar Hickst1 1/4€15,000
4thGrand Stars4yo filly by Sea The Stars × Queen GuenevereAlexis PouchinGerald Mosse3/4€7,000
5thPersica4yo colt by New Bay × RubiraSean LeveyRichard Hannon jun1€3,000
6thDare To Dream4yo filly by Camelot × DebutanteRonan WhelanGavin Hernon2
7thQuest the Moon9yo gelding by Sea The Moon × QuestabellaRene PiechulekSarah Steinberg3 1/2
8thCalif6yo gelding by Areion × Cherry DanonAdrie de VriesCarlos Lerner6 1/2
9thAtoso6yo gelding by Guiliani × AlbaraAlexander PietschSarka Schütz1
10thPetit Marin6yo gelding by Flamingo Fantasy × PongalNina BaltromeiMarcel Weiß101

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 27.07.25
Tornado Alert
Bint AlmatarDamby Kingmambo
DamBint Almatar

Tornado Alert is the second Group 1 winner out of Bint Almatar (Kingmambo), a triple winner who has five winners, following Just Fine (Sea The Stars), winner of the Gr.1 Metropolitan Handicap in Australia. Another is Perseus Way (Sea The Stars), second in the Gr.2 Adonis Juvenile Hurdle. Bint Almatar is also the grandam of the Listed-placed winner Bold Style (Shamardal).

Second damFirth Of Lorne

Second dam Firth Of Lorne (Danehill) was a Listed winner in France and second in the Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. She has ten winners and four black-type winners, led by Master Of The Seas (Dubawi), a multiple Grade 1 winner whose wins include the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile, and Falls Of Lora (Street Cry), winner of the Gr.3 UAE Oaks. Falls Of Lora in turn produced Cascadian (New Approach), a four-time Group 1 winner in Australia who won the Gr.1 Australian Cup twice, and Albahr (Dubawi), winner of the Grade 1 Summer Stakes in Canada. The others are the German Listed winner Etive (Elusive Quality) and Latharnach (Iffraaj), winner of the Listed Guisborough Stakes and second in the Gr.1 St James's Palace Stakes.

Third damKerrera

Third dam Kerrera (Diesis) won the Gr.3 Cherry Hinton Stakes at two, was second in the Gr.1 1000 Guineas and has seven winners; Firth Of Lorne is her best performer. She is related to Rock City (Ballad Rock), winner of the Gr.2 Gimcrack Stakes and later a sire.

Wider family

Further descendants of Kerrera include the sire Dupont (Zafonic), winner of the Gr.2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen and the Premio Parioli, then a Group 2, and his full brother Pacino, who also won the Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen, was third in the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat and became a sire.

Next generation

Bint Almatar has an unraced 2-year-old colt, Wadi (Earthlight), a yearling filly by Zoustar and a colt foal by Sea The Stars.

Connections

All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2024CalifAreion × Cherry DanonC & Y LernerAdrie de VriesVictorious RacingGestüt Brümmerhof
2023Nations PrideTeofilo × Important TimeCharlie ApplebyWilliam BuickGodolphin Management Co.Ltd.Godolphin
2022SammarcoCamelot × Saloon SoldPeter SchiergenRene PiechulekGestüt Park WiedingenGestüt Park Wiedingen
2021SkalletiKendargent × SkalletJérôme ReynierGerald MosseJean-Cl.SeroulGuy Pariente Holding
2020Barney RoyExcelebration × AlinaCharlie ApplebyWilliam BuickGodolphin Management Co.Ltd.Eliza Park International Pty Ltd

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