Wild Clary’s half-brother Cunco was Frankel’s first foal and became his first runner and first winner when winning on debut in the same race that Wild Clary runs in on Friday. (Picture: The Times)
The Barnane Stud and Owen Heffer-owned Wild Clary, who makes his debut at 16H00 SA Time on Friday 17 May at Newbury, is superbly bred.
He is by Dark Angel, a Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes (6 furlongs) winner who has become known as a leading sire of sprinters.
He is out of the Danehill Dancer mare Chrysanthemum, who won two Gr 3s from seven furlongs to a mile and three Listed races from a mile to a mile-and-two-furlongs.
That makes him a half-brother to the four-year-old Joseph O’Brien-trained Frankel filly Maxux, who in six starts has already won a Gr 3 over a mile-and-a-furlong and has had an official rating as high as 109.
Wild Clary is also a half-brother to the former John Gosden-trained Frankel entire Cunco, who was in fact Frankel’s first ever foal, his first ever runner and his first ever winner, winning on debut at Newbury on May 13, 2016.
It is not surprising Wild Clary appears at the Newbury meeting because he runs in exactly the same six furlong maiden race Cunco made his debut in, so history might repeat itself.
Cunco went on to win a Gr 3 over a mile-and-a-half at Sandown as a three-year-old and today stands as a stallion in Chile.
Chrysanthemum has had five runners and four winners.
Wild Clary should be a good prospect.
He is trained by Richard Hannon and will be ridden by Sean Levey in Friday’s six furlong maiden event for two-year-olds and was generally a 14/1 chance.
