The Peninsula
The Al Shaqab Racing-owned two-year-old colt Migdam (Zelzal x Asyad) showed a nice turn of foot to take the Unibet/British Stallion Studs Restricted Novice Stakes at Kempton, UK.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, Migdam finished seventh on his debut at Nottingham three weeks ago and has progressed nicely to win on his second start under jockey Richard Kingscote on Friday.
Quickly out of the stalls, Migdam slotted in behind early leaders Park Street (New Approach) and Game Nation (Le Harve).
Despite a relatively strong pace, Migdam travelled easily throughout the first half of the 1,600m contest and always looked well positioned. As the leaders began to fade at the top of the straight, Migdam was switched to the inside by Kingscote and challenged for the lead inside the final 300m.
Despite showing some greenness, Migdam stayed on strongly to the line and went on to score by two and a quarter lengths from Pavlodor (Recorder) with Maplewood (Oasis Dream) a further neck back in third.
Migdam was bred by Al Shaqab Racing and is from the first crop of Haras De Bouquetot’s Zelzal (Sea the Stars).
His dam Asyad (New Approach) won three races and was placed third in the DFS Park Hill Stakes (Group 2) at Doncaster in 2015. She has produced dual listed winner Katara (Deep Impact) and she is also a half-sister to triple Group Three winner Elle Shadow (Sharmadal).