February 2021

DRASHER Triumphs for British-Bred one-two in Ascot chase

DASHEL DRASHER (GB) landed the Grade 1 Ascot Chase at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday afternoon, leading home MASTER TOMMYTUCKER (GB) in a one-two for British breeders.

The win represented the eight-year-old’s third consecutive victory over course and distance, and a fourth from four appearances at the Berkshire track.

Dashel Drasher was bred by Camilla Scott, wife of his trainer Jeremy Scott. The gelding is out of SO LONG (GB), a five-time point-to-point winner who herself was bred, owned and trained by Camilla. The family has been nurtured by the Scotts for several generations. Owners Bridget Tully and Richard Lock have also been heavily involved since buying into So Long several years ago.

Full-sister DRASH ON RUBY (GB) finished third in the Mares’ Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race later on the same card.

The feat also marked a first top-flight National Hunt success for PASSING GLANCE (GB), who stands for a fee of £3,000 at Batsford Stud in Gloucestershire. The sire is now among an elite list of stallions responsible for both a Group 1 winner on the flat and a Grade 1 winner over fences.

Master Tommytucker (KAYF TARA {GB}) finished two lengths behind Dashel Drasher in the silks of owner-breeder Anthony Fear for the Paul Nicholls stable.

Speaking to GBRI on Sunday morning about her latest achievement as a breeder, Camilla Scott said:

‘It’s massive. We’ve only had two mares, so it’s the best.’

Reflecting on Dashel Drasher’s family, Scott continued:

‘My family have been involved in the family for several generations. I ended up with CHERRY PICKER (GB), who is So Long’s mother, to point-to-point, and we bred from her.

‘The dam was a good mare actually, she was quite headstrong, but when we’d sorted that out, she won five on the bounce, never coming off the bridle. She wasn’t the world’s greatest of movers, but she was seriously tough. A proper, proper race mare. The bumper filly is the latest one to run, but all three of the previous ones have all won more than one race.

‘She’s 21, so she’s got a bit aged now, but we’ve got LADY LONGSHOT (GB), a half-sister to Dashel Drasher.’

Passing Glance is evidently a strong match for the family’s mares, and Scott is very much committed to the Batsford Stud sire. She recounts:

‘Kathleen Holmes, who stands Passing Glance, came down and saw Dashel Drasher in the field as a foal, and she said, “That’s the nicest Passing Glance foal I’ve seen”. She took a photo of him that was on her stud card. She picked him out as a three-month-old foal.

‘The mare lost a full-sister last year and she’s in foal to Passing Glance now, but she won’t foal until June.

‘We also put Lady Longshot to Passing Glance. We had to go to him really because we thought if she has a foal, it’s a three-parts sibling [to Dashel Drasher], and we’ve now got a yearling who is three-parts brother to him. We’ll put her back in this time.

‘We’ve also got a three-year-old filly by DUNADEN, who we’ll break this summer. She’s much more like her mother, not like Dashel Drasher.’

Scott also emphasised the close involvement of Dashel Drasher’s owners, Bridget Tully and Richard Lock.

‘The owners came in with us on So Long as a partnership, and Bridget and I really bred Dashel Drasher, and then Richard bought my share out when he was a three-year-old.

‘They’ve stayed in with the family all the way through. They still own half of Lady Longshot. I owned Drash On Ruby and I sold her to Richard and Bridget, with the proviso that when she retires from racing, I’d quite like her back to breed from.

‘They’re very lucky owners actually.’

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