New Century a first top-level winner for Kameko with Summer Stakes strike at Woodbine
New Century became Kameko's first winner at the highest level with a game success over Godolphin's Al Qudra in the Summer Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday.
Sporting the Qatar Racing silks which his sire wore to success in the 2,000 Guineas and Futurity Trophy, New Century had already tasted stakes success when landing the Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury last month.
The Andrew Balding colt has now won three of his five starts, having finished fourth on debut at Lingfield in June and placing second to Al Qudra in the Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot in July.
Bred by the Potent Embrace Partnership out of the winning Street Cry mare Potent Embrace, he is a half-brother to Group 3 Glorious Stakes scorer Passion And Glory, by Cape Cross. Potent Embrace, a dual winner from a mile to an extended mile and a quarter for Mark Johnston, sold to David Redvers for €150,000 from Godolphin at the Goffs November Mare Sale in 2016. She has a yearling Kameko brother to New Century.
Speaking after the race, Murphy told BloodHorse: "It was a brilliant performance. I'm delighted for his stallion, Kameko, his first Group 1 winner."
The Summer Stakes was also a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series qualifier, giving New Century paid entry into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
"Obviously it made sense timing-wise for the Breeders' Cup," Murphy added. "Now he's gonna have to be sharper at Del Mar, but he has the class, and hopefully he can step up again."
The two-year-old is one of ten individual winners for his first-season sire, who stood at Tweenhills this year for £15,000. The son of Kitten's Joy is also the sire of Group 3 Acomb Stakes second and Group 2 Superlative Stakes third Wimbledon Hawkeye. His daughter, Ghost Run, struck in a valuable nursery at Doncaster's St Leger meeting on Thursday.
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