Aidan O'Brien had come close here before: Snowfall was third in 2020. With this win, the stable leads the trainers' table on 16 Group 1 wins. The stable also saddled Brilliant (fifth) in this edition. Next in the table: Brad H Cox (11).
With this win, Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien combined for 13 Group 1 successes this season. The jockey leads the jockeys' table on 16 Group 1 wins. Next in the table: Irad Ortiz Jr (11) and Flavien Prat (10).
Frankel had already sired a winner of this race: Inspiral (2021). With this win, the stallion leads the sires' table on 13 Group 1 wins. Next in the table: Siyouni (9) and Into Mischief (8). Those wins came from 11 different horses.
With this win, Coolmore Group drew level with Godolphin on 16 Group 1 wins this season. On the same weekend, the owner also took the Dewhurst Stakes with City Of Troy. Next in the table: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (5).
Ylang Ylang is out of Shambolic (Shamardal) and is her first foal. Her dam won twice, was placed in the Listed Pretty Polly S., the Listed Height of Fashion S. and the Listed Chalice S., and finished fourth in the Gr.1 Fillies' Mile in 2018.
Second dam Comic (Be My Chief), a dual winner, is the dam of nine winners. They include Viva Pataca (Marju), a half-brother to Shambolic who won the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup twice and was a multiple champion in Hong Kong, having raced as Comic Strip in the UK, and Laughing (Dansili), winner of the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational and the Grade 1 Diana S. in the US.
Third dam Circus Act (Shirley Heights) did not race and has five winners, among them the sire Brave Act (Persian Bold), a multiple graded stakes winner whose wins include a Grade 2 race in the US, and the Listed winner Jellaby Askhir (Salse).
Shambolic is also related to the dam of Twitch (Azamour), a Listed winner placed in the Gr.3 Lillie Langtry S. The family further includes Mottisfont (Adaay), third in the Gr.3 Sweet Solera S., while the fourth dam Circus Ring (High Top) was a champion two-year-old filly.
Shambolic has a yearling colt by Kingman and a filly foal by Siyouni.
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | CommissioningKingman × Sovereign Parade | John & Thady GosdenRobert Havlin | Isa Salman & Abdulla Al KhalifaAbdulla Al-Khalifa & Isa Salman | ||
| 2021 | InspiralFrankel × Starscope | John & Thady GosdenFrankie Dettori | Cheveley Park StudCheveley Park Stud Limited | ||
| 2020 | Pretty GorgeousLawman × Lady Gorgeous | Joseph Patrick O'BrienShane Crosse | John C OxleyE A R L Ecurie Haras Du Cadran Et Al |
