Well-Bred Nash Nasha Defeats Frankel Sister at Sandown
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Nash Nasha (left) defeats Breccia and Chiasma (far right) in a listed stakes at Sandown Racecourse
The finish to the mile and a quarter fillies' novice contest at Sandown Racecourse April 23 was dominated by blue-bloods as Godolphin's Nash Nasha, a €1,000,000 (US$1,138,700) daughter of Dubawi and Just The Judge , just got the better of a thrilling three-way argument that also involved Frankel 's full sister Chiasma.
The impeccably bred Nash Nasha came out on top, defying the Cheveley Park-bred Breccia—a daughter of Intello and the stakes-placed Pivotal mare Rock Choir—by half a length, with Chiasma a neck behind in third.
Godolphin's winner, bred by Qatar Bloodstock & China Horse Club and a €1,000,000 purchase by Anthony Stroud from the La Motteraye Consignment at Arqana's December Sale, is the second foal out of Just The Judge, winner of the Etihad Airways Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) and E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) for Charlie Hills and Qatar Racing.
A full sister to the winning Swift Verdict, Nash Nasha struck on her second start at Lingfield last August and her effort could be marked up here as a result of the subsequent penalty.
Sadly Just The Judge passed away in 2019 following complications as a result of colic surgery. Her 2-year-old Galileo filly, Electress, is in training with Ralph Beckett.
Like Breccia, Chiasma performed with plenty of credit on her first outing and, as a full sister to the phenomenal Frankel and multiple group 1-winning Noble Mission , holds huge residual value.
For now, efforts will be centered on the daughter of Galileo and the late Kind attempting to shed her maiden tag on her next start. She is only the second, and last, filly out of Juddmonte's brilliant producer, who sadly died last month after foaling a Kingman colt.