Pyledriver's co-trainer William Muir has unleashed a potential new star who earned rave reviews from the jockey.
Mustajaab might only have scored narrowly at Ffos Las on Thursday, but jockey Lewis Edmunds reported he was in "second gear." The son of first season sire Tasleet, who produced Coventry Stakes winner Bradsell, had a head to spare over newcomer Lajooje.
After racing greenly in rear, the second picked up strongly to press the 100-30 winner as the line loomed. But Muir, who trains one of the sport's top stayers Pyledriver in partnership with Chris Grassick, said his juvenile had more in hand than the official margin.
"I've loved him since the moment I bought him," he said on Sky Sports Racing. "I told everybody, I told the Shadwell team that Tasleet will make a proper stallion as this was good from day one.
"He won the Coventry, the horse of Archie's (Bradsell, trained by Archie Watson). Lewis (Edmunds, Mustajaab's jockey) didn't even pick his stick up. The other horse was coming fast and quick, but he said 'I didn't pick my stick up. The race just fell apart, I was cantering.'
Sky Sports Racing presenter Bob Cooper reminded Muir that Edmunds told him the two-year-old, who will be aimed at the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes, won in "second gear."
"That's what he said to me so we'll have to step into a better class next time.," Muir added.
"It was a very, very good race at Ascot, people don't realise how good that was. He got a bit green and unbalanced in the middle part of the race and then he ran on (finished fifth). I couldn't understand (why) we were coming here and we were right out last night sort of 14-16-1."
Stable flagbearer Pyledriver, the surprise King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes hero, is on course to resume his racing overseas. Already seen at Sha Tin, Meydan and Riyadh over the past 12 months, the dual Group 1 winner has been trained for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Muir previously revealed his intentions to go straight for the end of season highlight in France, which is being run on October 1 this year.
