Derab, a Sea The Stars half brother to the brilliant Enable, looks set to continue family honor after bolting up at Newmarket May 14 to make it third time lucky under Martin Harley.
Second on his first two starts, to the subsequent Somerville Tattersalls Stakes (G3) winner and Bet365 Craven Stakes (G3) runner-up La Barrosa, then to the promising Snow Lantern at Newbury last month, Derab came home 6 1/2 lengths clear of Fireworks, a $942,735 Arqana purchase, in the mile novice contest.
The John and Thady Gosden-trained colt, who holds an entry in the June 5 Cazoo Derby (G1), is the ninth foal out of the brilliant Concentric, a stakes-winning and group 3-placed daughter of Sadler's Wells out of Apogee, a group 3-winning half sister to Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) runner-up Daring Miss.
The Juddmonte homebred also hails from an outstanding immediate family, being a half brother to the phenomenal 11-time group/grade 1 winner Enable. The daughter of Nathaniel has settled down to life as a broodmare after being covered by Kingman this season.
Concentric has also produced Contribution, a group 2-placed daughter of Champs Elysees; Entitle, by Dansili and runner-up in the 2019 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes (G3); Portrush, a winning daughter of Frankel ; and the winning pair of Centroid (Dansili) and Tournament (Oasis Dream).
The 17-year-old mare returned to Nathaniel this season.
