Tawkeel
| Tawkeel | |
|---|---|
Hamdan Al Maktoum | |
| Trainer | Jean-Claude Rouget |
| Record | 6: 5-0-0 |
| Earnings | £161,983 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Saint-Alary (2020) Prix de la Nonette (2020) | |
Tawkeel (foaled 29 January 2017) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She was unraced as a two-year-old in 2019, but in the following season she won her first five races including with a victory in the Prix Saint-Alary and the Prix de la Nonette.
Background
Tawkeel is a bay filly with a white
She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by the Teofilo the undefeated
Racing career
2020: three-year-old season
Tawkeel did not race as a juvenile and made her racecourse debut on 3 January when she started the
On 14 June Tawkeel made her turf debut when she was moved up sharply in class to contest the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary, run that year a month later than usual at Chantilly Racecourse. She started the 3.1/1 second favourite behind the André Fabre-trained Solsticia in a seven-runner field which also included Magic Attitude (Prix Vanteaux) and Savarin (Prix d'Aumale). Demuro settled his filly behind the leaders as Again Music and Magic Attitude set the pace before switching to the outside to make a challenge in the straight. Tawkeel gained the advantage approaching the last 200 metres and pulled away to win by five lengths and a head from Magic Attitude and Solsticia.[9] After the Demuro said "I loved the way she picked up in two strides, I almost felt we were going too fast at the finish. I adore that turn of foot she has."[10]
After a break of over two months, Tawkeel returned in the Prix de la Nonette over 2000 metres at Deauville on 22 August and started the odds on favourite against six opponents headed by the Oaks d'Italia winner Auyantepui. She raced in second place behind the British challenger Frankel's Storm before taking the lead approaching the last 200 metres and held off the persistent challenge of Tickle Me Green to win by half a length.[11] Rouget commented "Turning for home, it looked to me as though she was going to win as easily as she did in the Saint-Alary, but she had to fight. I felt it was the combination of two factors as she definitely needed the race and the ground was too soft for her. I didn’t want to be too hard on her in morning work at home and, anyway, at the end she won safely and the essential has been done."[12]
On 4 October at
Pedigree
| Sire Teofilo (IRE) 2004 |
Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) | Northern Dancer (CAN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Bridge | |||
| Urban Sea (USA) | Miswaki | ||
| Allegretta (GB) | |||
| Speirbhean (IRE) 1998 |
Danehill (USA) | Danzig | |
| Razyana | |||
| Saviour (USA) | Majestic Light | ||
| Victorian Queen (CAN) | |||
| Dam Rafaadah (GB) 2012 |
Oasis Dream (GB) 2000 |
Green Desert (USA) | Danzig |
| Foreign Courier | |||
| Hope (IRE) | Dancing Brave (CAN) | ||
| Bahamian | |||
| Joanna (IRE) 2007 |
High Chaparral | Sadler's Wells (USA) | |
| Kasora | |||
| Secrete Marina | Mujadil (USA) | ||
| Marina Lady (USA) (Family: 8-f)[5] |
- Tawkeel was inbred 3 × 4 to Sadler's Wells, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree. She was also inbred 3 × 4 to Danzig. Both Sadler's Wells and Danzig were sons of Northern Dancer.
References
- ^ a b "Tawkeel pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Teofilo – Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Rafaadah – Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Joanna – Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Remembrancer mare – Family 8-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Prix d'Accous result". Racing Post. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Prix Georges Sandor result". Racing Post. 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Prix de Lormoy result". Racing Post. 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Prix Saint-Alary result". Racing Post. 14 June 2020.
- ^ Burton, Scott (14 June 2020). "Tawkeel remains unbeaten in Saint-Alary stroll as Epsom becomes a possibility". Racing Post.
- ^ "Prix de la Nonette result". Racing Post. 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Teofilo's Tawkeel Battles to Nonette Success". Thoroughbred Daily News. 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Prix de l'Opera result". Racing Post. 4 October 2020.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Tawkeel