Godolphin's QIPCO 2000 Guineas (G1) winner Coroebus will look to win a third consecutive Group 1 race when he faces eight talented rivals in the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois on Sunday at Deauville. The winner of the one-mile contest will be provided an automatic starting position into the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 82 stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will be held at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington on Nov. 4-5.
Coroebus, a 3-year-old son of Dubawi, has won four of his five starts, including the St. James's Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 14 in his most recent start. His trainer Charlie Appleby believes his runner is in good form ahead of his first start in France.
“We're very much looking forward to Coroebus running this weekend,” said Appleby. “Unfortunately, he missed the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1) with a setback, but he's well over that now and has put some nice work in during the last week and he goes into the weekend in great shape.”
The Joseph O'Brien-trained State of Rest, owned by the State of Rest Partnership, has also been entered. In his most recent outing June 15 at Royal Ascot, the 4-year-oldStarspangledbanner colt won the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) at 1 ¼-miles in decisive fashion, which earned him an automatic starting position into the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. He has won Group 1 races in four different countries during his career and now drops back in distance for the first time.
Another runner with a 2022 Royal Ascot success is the Cheveley Park-owned Coronation Stakes (G1) winner Inspiral, a 3-year-old Frankel filly. The training team of John and Thady Gosden is searching for a third consecutive win in the Jacques Le Marois after winning it for the past two years with the high-class Palace Pier.
However, Inspiral needs to bounce back after suffering her first loss in six career starts last time out to the Marc Chan and Andrew Rosen-owned filly Prosperous Voyage, who lines up against her again Sunday. Prosperous Voyage, trained by Ralph Beckett, was a comfortable winner of the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (G1) on July 8 at Newmarket, defeating runner-up Inspiral by 1 ¾ lengths.
Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Mrs. A.M. O'Brien's Order of Australia has been entered for trainer Aidan O'Brien. The 2020 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner, Order of Australia will need to improve after a disappointing run in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1) when beaten a total of eights lengths by Baaeed.
The globetrotting Japan-bred Bathrat Leon, owned by Hiroo Racing Co. Ltd., will line up for trainer Yoshito Yahagi. By Kizuna, the 4-year-old was beaten just 3 ¾ lengths by Baaeed in the Sussex last month and previously won the Godolphin Mile (G1) at Meydan.
The sole horse in the race with an unbeaten record is the Aga Khan's Erevann, who is one of two representatives for Jean-Claude Rouget along with Djo Francais.
Erevann has won each of his three starts and posted a career-best last time out to win the Prix Paul de Moussac Longines (G3) by a short head on June 19 at Chantilly. The Jean-Claude Rouget stable has never won the Jacques Le Marois.
British challenger Light Infantry, trained by David Simcock, completes the line-up having finished an excellent second in the Haras d'Etreham Prix Jean Prat (G1) at Deauville behind Tenebrism in his latest start on July 11.
As part of the benefits of the Challenge Series, Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois winner to start in the US$2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland. Breeders' Cup will also provide a US$40,000 travel allowance for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of Oct. 24 to receive the rewards.
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