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1stQirat4yo by Showcasing × Emulous€696,900
2ndRosallion4yo by Blue Point × Rosaline€264,200
3rdHenri Matisse3yo by Wootton Bassett × Immortal Verse€132,200
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Qirat
Purse€1,229,000
Distance1609 metres
Winning time1m 37.92s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up

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Result

7 runners · prize money to 6th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stQirat4yo gelding by Showcasing × EmulousRichard KingscoteRalph Beckett€696,900
2ndRosallion4yo colt by Blue Point × RosalineSean LeveyRichard HannonNeck€264,200
3rdHenri Matisse3yo colt by Wootton Bassett × Immortal VerseRyan MooreAidan O'Brien2 ¼€132,200
4thField Of Gold3yo colt by Kingman × Princess De LuneWilliam BuickJohn & Thady Gosden1 ¼€65,900
5thDocklands5yo colt by Massaat × Icky WooTom MarquandHarry Eustace1€33,100
6thCarl Spackler5yo colt by Lope De Vega × ZindayaShane FoleyCiaron Maher1€16,600
7thSerengeti3yo colt by Wootton Bassett × Holy Roman EmpressWayne LordanAidan O'BrienHead

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 30.07.25
Qirat
EmulousDamby Dansili
DamEmulous

Qirat is one of four winners out of Emulous (Dansili), winner of the Gr.1 Matron Stakes, and is her second Group 1 winner after his half-sister Bluestocking (Camelot), who won the Gr.1 Arc, the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille and the Gr.1 Pretty Polly and was a Group 1 winner in both France and Ireland. Emulous also produced Desirous (Kingman), dam of Sand Gazelle (Frankel), winner of the Listed Lyric Fillies' Stakes, and of War And Peace, herself the dam of the winners Cathedral (Too Darn Hot), second in the Gr.3 Prix Chloe and the Gr.3 Oh So Sharp Stakes, and Firebird (Lope De Vega), second in the Gr.3 Ballyogan Stakes.

Second damAspiring Diva

Second dam Aspiring Diva (Distant View) won in France, was Listed-placed and had four other winners. Among them are two full sisters to Emulous: First Sitting, winner of the Gr.3 Prix Gontaut-Biron, and Daring Diva, winner of the Listed Criterium de Vitesse. Daring Diva produced Brooch (Empire Maker), winner of the Gr.2 Ridgewood Pearl Stakes in Ireland and dam of Mandaloun (Into Mischief), winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and the Grade 1 Haskell and now a sire, as well as the Listed winner Caponata (Selkirk), dam of Merrily (No Nay Never), winner of the Gr.3 Oh So Sharp Stakes. Aspiring Diva is also the second dam of Alounak (Camelot), a Group 3 winner in Germany and second in the Grade 1 Canadian International.

Third damQueen Of Song

Third dam Queen Of Song (His Majesty) won at Grade 2 level in the US and bred eight winners. She is a full sister to Cormorant, a Grade 1 winner in the US and a sire, and her daughter Ladyago (Northern Dancer), a minor stakes winner in the US, is an ancestress of Dorth Vader, winner of the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes in 2025.

Next generation

Emulous has an unraced 2-year-old filly, Serenetta (Kingman), and a yearling filly by Frankel.

Connections

All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2024Notable SpeechDubawi × Swift RoseCharlie ApplebyWilliam BuickGodolphinGodolphin
2023PaddingtonSiyouni × Modern EagleAidan O'BrienRyan MooreTabor,Smith,Magnier,Westerberg,BrantDayton Investments Ltd
2022BaaeedSea The Stars × AghareedWilliam HaggasJim CrowleyShadwell Estate Company LtdShadwell Estate Company Limited (Ire)
2021Alcohol FreeNo Nay Never × PlyingAndrew BaldingOisin MurphyJ C SmithChurchtown House Stud
2020MohaatherShowcasing × RoodeyeMarcus TregoningJim CrowleyHamdan Al MaktoumMrs R F Johnson Houghton

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