Filly From Family of Anabaa Blue Set to Debut
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Anabaa Blue (blue silks) wins the 2001 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly
Colour of Light, whose dam Violante is a half sister to Anabaa Blue, is set for her debut in the mile fillies’ novice stakes at Kempton Racecourse Feb. 16.
The 3-year-old daughter of Shamardal will be partnered by Cieren Fallon, though has been done no favors by a draw in stall 10 in the 12-runner field.
The Godolphin homebred is the fourth foal out of her dam, who was a handicap winner at Longchamp in the cherished maroon and white silks of Sheikh Mohammed.
Impulsif, Colour of Light’s older gelded half brother was a winner at Chantilly in October, while as well as being a half sister to Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby, G1) hero Anabaa Blue, Violante is also a half sister to the dam of group 1 winner Tamayuz.
Colour of Light is not the only interesting debutante in the field as €130,000 (US$144,183) Arqana August Yearling Sale graduate Marsden Cross is also set to line up.
She was offered by the Fairway Consignment at Deauville in 2019 and will sport the colors of Sir Peter Vela for trainer Sir Mark Todd. The daughter of Camelot has the inside draw to overcome, with William Carson in the saddle.
Also making her debut is the Clive Cox-trained Light of Thunder, a 110,000 guineas ($145,548) purchase from Tattersalls October Book 2 in 2019, when offered by Lynn Lodge Stud.
The daughter of QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Night of Thunder will carry the silks of Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum, and is the mount of Liam Keniry.
The filly to beat is the John Gosden-trained last-time-out winner Kestenna, a daughter of Pride Of Dubai.