Palace Pier beats Poetic Flare in Deauville thriller
Palace Pier edges out Poetic Flare for victory by a neck as the pair fight out a thrilling finish at Deauville.
Month: August 2021
Second Jacques Le Marois For Palace Pier
Coming into Sunday's G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois short of his peak having suffered a blood disorder last month, Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) nevertheless had sufficient ammunition to deny Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) and gain membership to an elite club on the honor roll of the feature of Deauville's month-long festival. Meeting the younger generation for the first time, the four-times group 1 winner was the subject of the most interest among the Normandy crowd and started at 7-10 drawn away from the stand's rail which often grants an advantage here. Held back by Frankie Dettori trapped out on the wing as Poetic Flare raced against the fence out of sight tracking the keen-going Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) and Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}), Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's TDN Rising Star received the go-ahead 300 metres from the finish. Delivering his customary surge to shut down the gap in a moment, he was able to subdue the Bolger runner inside the final 150 metres and score a shade cosily by a neck, with Order of Australia 1 3/4 lengths away in third. In doing so, the 4-year-old who is unbeaten this year and has suffered one excusable reversal in his three seasons of racing equalled the feat of Miesque and Spinning World in completing back-to-back successes in this French monument. “I love the horse–he's the best miler I've ridden ,” declared Frankie, who was equalling the record of Freddy Head with a sixth renewal. “He's beautiful. He's got everything, pace, a turn of foot and goes on any ground. We were rushing to get him here today–he lost a bunch of work, but he's so good we got away with it.”
Dettori's winning haul in this began in 1999 with Dubai Millennium (GB), so to hear the rider of greats at the trip such as Dubawi (Ire) and Mark of Esteem (Ire) herald Palace Pier as the top in that category underlines the quality of the pride of Clarehaven. Unbeaten in two low-profile starts at Sandown at two, the bay failed to make it to the G1 2000 Guineas as a result of a setback but showed what Newmarket had missed a month later when denying Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) in the G1 St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot. Prevailing with a degree of comfort from a different Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) to the one he encountered this time in last year's Jacques le Marois on testing ground, he carried an air of invulnerability into the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. on Champions Day but lost a shoe and any prospect of winning exiting the stalls before earning third through sheer ability alone.
Giving the impression he was merely going through the motions in the Apr. 23 G2 Sandown Mile and the G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury May 15, Palace Pier was less demonstrative in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot June 15, an hour before Poetic Flare was exactly that in the St James's Palace. While the showdown between the generation leaders among their sex was postponed from the Sussex to here, the gap between them was clear to see as the year-older colt employed his superior acceleration to settle the question. Caught wide throughout and following a rival in Victor Ludorum (GB) (Shamardal) who could not take him far enough, Palace Pier had the distinct disadvantage of the two with Kevin Manning enjoying as charmed a trip as is possible in this race. Track, trip and ground were all on Poetic Flare's side and yet the one who according to John Gosden was “80%” was able to win snugly. “I got on the tail of Mickael [Barzalona on Victor Ludorum] and kept an eye on Kevin–when he kicked, I went after him,” Dettori explained. “I raced on my own for the last 200 metres and passed him good, but he came and fought me back. Apart from losing a shoe and having a bad start in the QEII last year, he's done nothing wrong and is a credit to the team.”
While Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) goes up in trip on Wednesday, it may be that the true division champion at a mile is decided by the international handicappers at the end of the year. With Jeff Smith's electrifying filly probably headed for the QEII on Champions Day Oct. 16, Gosden Sr gave his clearest indication yet that Palace Pier could go up in distance for the G1 Qipco Champion S. “I wouldn't be frightened of stepping him up to a mile and a quarter, but I think we'll wait for Champions Day,” he said. “With a horse like this, you don't want to come back too quickly and possibly run him a bit short so we'll wait and either go for the mile or the mile-and-a-quarter race then. The Breeders' Cup is a long way off, but I'm very fond of Del Mar as I had a lot of success there and have a lot of good friends there.”
“I thought it was a very clean race and Ryan went a sensible pace on Order of Australia, controlling it and keeping it in hand. It was not a race to be sitting out the back and was a bit of a test of speed,” Gosden added. “I made it clear he was coming here 80%, on the absolute minimum of work, but his class got him through. He was having a pretty strong blow after and was ten days short for this, but they weren't going to move the Jaques le Marois and without it his season would be meaningless. He made a great move, but lack of fitness told at the end. He's a gorgeous horse, is a dual winner of the race and is top-class–he has an amazing cruising speed and acceleration.”
Palace Pier is out of the unraced Beach Frolic (GB) (Nayef), who is a half to the G2 Dante S. winner Bonfire (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) and to this stable's G2 Windsor Forest S. and G3 Musidora S. scorer Joviality (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), who was also third in the GI Beverly D. The third dam Miss d'Ouilly (Fr) (Bikala {Ire}) is a half-sister to a past Jacques le Marois heroine in Miss Satamixa (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}), who was later responsible for the GIII Cardinal H. winner Miss Caerleona (Fr) (Caerleon) who is in turn the dam of another former smart Gosden representative in Karen's Caper (War Chant). She was successful in the G3 Nell Gwyn S., GIII Noble Damsel Breeders' Cup H. and GIII Eatontown S. and was also runner-up in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup and the G1 Coronation S. before producing the G2 UAE 2000 Guuineas scorer Kinglet (Kingmambo) and the G2 Derby Italiano runner-up King's Caper (GB) (New Approach {Ire}).
Miss Caerleona was also responsible for the GII Davona Dale H. winner Miss Coronado (Coronado's Quest), who in turn threw the stakes scorer and GI Las Virgenes S. third Arethusa (A.P. Indy) while the family also features the G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Irish Oaks heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer) and the top-level performers Girl Daddy (Uncle Mo) and Comicas (Distorted Humor). Beach Frolic's 2-year-old colt Highland Frolic (Fr) (Highland Reel {Ire}) was a 320,000gns purchase by McCalmont Bloodstock at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, which is where her yearling colt by Almanzor (Fr) is headed in two months' time.
Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD JACQUES LE MAROIS-G1, €1,000,000, Deauville, 8-15, 3yo/up, c/f, 8fT, 1:35.96, gd.
1–PALACE PIER (GB), 131, c, 4, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Beach Frolic (GB), by Nayef
2nd Dam: Night Frolic (GB), by Night Shift
3rd Dam: Miss d'Ouilly (Fr), by Bikala (Ire)
(600,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Highclere Stud & Floors Farming (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Lanfranco Dettori. €571,400. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Eur at 7-9.5f & MG1SW-Eng, 10-9-0-1, €1,753,741. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Poetic Flare (Ire), 125, c, 3, Dawn Approach (Ire)–Maria Lee (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE). €228,600.
3–Order of Australia (Ire), 131, c, 4, Australia (GB)–Senta's Dream (GB), by Danehill. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs A M O'Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €114,300.
Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.70, 3.10, 17.00.
Also Ran: Midtown (GB), Chindit (Ire), Ecrivain (Fr), Victor Ludorum (GB), Alpine Star (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.
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Siyouni’s Who Knows Makes All in the Francois Boutin
Stephane Wattel trainee Who Knows (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) went postward for Sunday's G3 Circus Maximus Prix Francois Boutin at Deauville coming back off a fourth in Chantilly's July 18 G2 Prix Robert Papin and led her rivals a merry dance throughout to earn her black-type stripes at the second attempt. She had graduated at Chantilly in a June 25 six-furlong maiden, having opened up wuth a May 27 debut fourth at Lyon-Parilly, and was quickly into stride to seize an immediate advantage in this seven-furlong test. Shaken up in front with 300 metres remaining, the 39-5 chance came under sterner urging thereafter and was ridden out inside the final furlong to hold the late thrust of Oneforthegutter (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) by a head for a career high.
“I knew she was doing very well at home, but it was a bit of a gamble in taking on the colts here,” admitted winning trainer Stephane Wattel. “I therefore felt some pressure on my shoulders, but the result was there and I'm absolutely thrilled to win this for all the partners. I'm particularly delighted for part-breeder Gerard Larrieu, who was a long-time assistant to Francois Boutin and this race honours that great trainer who is very dear to his heart. The plan was to let her do her own thing and, with nobody willing to take the lead, she found herself in front. She was challenged at the end, but has the quality to be a great fighter. We will see how she comes out of the race before making any decisions, but I don't think she will stay more than seven furlongs so I'm not thinking about the [G1] Prix Marcel Boussac at this stage.”
Who Knows is the latest of six foals and one of four scorers produced by Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial victrix and G3 Bahrain Trophy third Zain Al Boldan (GB) (Poliglote {GB}), herself a half-sister to G3 Prix Edmond Blanc-winning sire Svedov (Fr) (Exit to Nowhere). The March-foaled bay is a half-sister to G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Poetic Dream (Ire) (Poet's Voice {GB}) and a yearling filly by Almanzor (Fr). Her second dam, Listed Prix des Lilas and Listed Prix Ceres victrix Carla (Fr) (Cardoun {Fr}), is a half-sister to another G3 Prix Edmond Blanc winner in Golani (Ire) (Nikos {GB}) and to the dam of G2 Prix de Malleret victrix Never Forget (Fr) (Westerner {GB}).
Sunday, Deauville, France
CIRCUS MAXIMUS PRIX FRANCOIS BOUTIN-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 8-15, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.52, gd.
1–WHO KNOWS (FR), 122, f, 2, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Zain Al Boldan (GB) (SW & GSP-Eng), by Poliglote (GB)
2nd Dam: Carla (Fr), by Cardoun (Fr)
3rd Dam: El Quahirah (Fr), by Cadoudal (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€150,000 Ylg '20 ARQSEP). O-Ecurie du Parc Monceau, Eric Puerari, Gerard Larrieu & Hubert Guy; B-SAS Gerard Larrieu, H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC & SARL Haras de Saint-Faust (FR); T-Stephane Wattel; J-Theo Bachelot. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, €64,400. *1/2 to Poetic Dream (Ire) (Poet's Voice {GB}), GSW-Ger, $147,243. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Oneforthegutter (GB), 126, c, 2, Muhaarar (GB)–Rainbow Springs (GB), by Selkirk. (32,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; £25,000 Ylg '20 TATIRY; 110,000gns 2yo '21 TATBRE). O-Andy Bell & Fergus Lyons; B-Michael E Wates CBE (GB); T-Ian Williams. €16,000.
3–The Wizard of Eye (Ire), 126, c, 2, Galileo Gold (GB)–Prom Dress (GB), by Mount Nelson (GB). (€4,000 Wlg '19 GOFNOV; €7,500 RNA Ylg '20 TATIRY; €7,500 RNA 2yo '21 GOFFEB). O-O Humphrey, A Favell, R Humphrey & J S Moore; B-M Phelan (IRE); T-Stan Moore. €12,000.
Margins: HD, 1HF, 2. Odds: 7.80, 4.50, 5.50.
Also Ran: Never Dies (Fr), Montussan (Fr), Best Sixteen (Fr), Black Lives Matter (Fr), Curaro Light (Fr), Elysted (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.
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Emirates Racing Authority: X Y Jet’s Tests Were Clean, But Investigation Into Golden Shaheen Continues
The Emirates Racing Authority published the following press release on Aug. 15:
The Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) are aware of recent developments from the United States of America regarding the indictments of racing participants on alleged doping offences and the reported guilty plea to a charge laid against trainer Jorge Navarro by the Department of Justice, U.S Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York.
As a result of the initial report from March 2020, the ERA Stewards commenced an investigation which remains ongoing into the 2019 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner X Y JET (USA) trained by Jorge Navarro. All samples taken from X Y JET (USA) both on arrival in the United Arab Emirates and from the Dubai World Cup race-meeting itself, which included a pre-race plasma sample and a post-race urine sample, have been analysed by a NATA accredited laboratory, the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL) for drug administration, with the results showing no irregularities detected. The ERA will endeavour to work with the US authorities to continue their investigation into the matter.
The ERA Rules of Racing require trainers to present their horse for racing drug free. The ERA takes its reputation as a leading racing authority seriously, striving to protect its participants from corrupt activity.
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