St Mark’s Basilica Colt Captures Listed Success At Tipperary

St Mark’s Basilica was represented with his first stakes winner on Friday when Thesecretadversary (2c St Mark’s Basilica - Too Soon To Panic, by Gleneagles) landed the Listed Coolmore Stud Churchill Stakes at Tipperary in fine style.

The Fozzy Stack-trained colt, runner-up in both the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot in June and at Ayr last time, travelled strongly throughout the extended seven-furlong contest to deny Brussels (by Wootton Bassett) by a length.

Stack said afterwards: “His run at Ayr was a mess-up and while maybe the winner isn’t too bad, they went no gallop and the ground was soft. He had run well in Ascot and backed that up today. He did it well.

“It might be worth taking our chance in those big races now and there’s a Grade 1 [Summer Stakes] race for him in Canada on the same day as the National Stakes, which might be an option."

Thesecretadversary was bred by Coolmore and Cayton Park Stud.