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Full-Sister To Sea The Moon Earns Black-Type Stripes At ParisLongchamp

Gestut Ammerland's €820,000 BBAG September graduate Sea The Sky (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a full-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sea The Moon (Ger), earned her black-type stripes with victory in Thursday's Listed Prix Joubert at ParisLongchamp.

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX JOUBERT-Listed, €55,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-8, 3yo, f, 14fT, 3:01.50, sf.
1–SEA THE SKY (GER), 125, f, 3, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Sanwa (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
2nd Dam: Sacarina (GB), by Old Vic (GB)
3rd Dam: Brave Lass (GB), by Ridan
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€820,000 Ylg '20 BBAGS). O-Gestut Ammerland; B-Gestut Gorlsdorf (GER); T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon. €27,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 5-2-0-2, €58,040. *Full to Sea The Moon (Ger), G1SW-Ger; and 1/2 to Sansiwa (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), SP-Ger.
2–Divine Jewel (GB), 125, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Agnes Stewart (Ire), by Lawman (Fr). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (300,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Koji Maeda; B-Branton Court Stud (GB); T-Roger Varian. €11,000.
3–Avenue Niel (Ire), 125, f, 3, Helmet (Aus)–Andalouserie (Fr), by Poet's Voice (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€17,000 Ylg '20 ARQOCT). O-Ecurie X; B-SC Ecurie de Meautry (IRE); T-Mikel Delzangles. €8,250.
Margins: SHD, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 5.60, 6.60, 21.00.
Also Ran: Alpenblume (GB), Queen Trezy (Fr), Caius Chorister (Fr), Aude (Fr), Derida (Ger), She's Cosmic (GB). Scratched: Simply Glorious. Video, sponsored by TVG.

Sea The Sky had failed to get in front since snagging her Nov. 2 debut at Chantilly and went postward for this marathon coming back off a third in Deauville's Aug. 14 G3 Prix Minerve. Settled off the pace in sixth for the most part, she made continued headway under pressure in the home straight to gain a narrow advantage entering the final furlong and was ridden out late to deny Divine Jewel in a bobbing finish for a career high.

Sea The Sky, the seventh of nine foals, is one of three scorers produced by an unraced full-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby-winning sires Samum (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Schiaparelli (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and G1 Preis der Diana  (German Oaks) heroine Salve Regina (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The €820,000 BBAG September yearling is a full-sister to runaway G1 Deutsches Derby-winning sire Sea The Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and to the dam of this term's Listed Abingdon S. runner-up Golden Lyra (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). She is also a half-sister to Listed Dallmayr Coupe Lukull runner-up Sansiwa (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and a yearling filly by Frankel (GB). Sea The Sky's weanling full-brother is slated to sell at this year's Goffs November Foal sale, according to Gestut Gorlsdorf's Niko Lafrentz.

 

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Golden Horn’s Botanik To The Fore In The Grand Prix de Deauville

Godolphin's homebred 4-year-old gelding Botanik (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}–Autumn Lily, by Street Cry {Ire}) took his record to six wins from 11 starts when annexing this month's G3 Prix de Reux going 12 1/2 furlongs at Deauville and doubled his stakes tally with a decisive victory in Sunday's G2 Lucien Barriere Grand Prix de Deauville over the same strip back on the Normandy coast. The 2020 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud runner-up had been on the fringes during a sophomore campaign, which yielded two wins from three starts last term, and broke alertly to hold an early lead before accepting a tow in second for most of this stamina test. Shaken up to close off the home turn, the 6-5 favourite was ridden to challenge the pacesetting Japanese raider Stay Foolish (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) entering the final furlong and stayed on strongly under continued urging once hitting the front with 100 metres remaining to deny that rival by 1 1/4 lengths for a career-high triumph. Last term's Listed Prix de l'Avre victor Fenelon (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) tracked the leading duo throughout and finished best of the remainder, 4 1/2 lengths further adrift in third.

“He was a top 2-year-old and was then off for almost a year, but he has retained all his quality as his record indicates,” said rider Mickael Barzalona. “He was in very good form coming into the race after winning his prep race here earlier in the month. He was slightly keen early on, but the strong pace helped. He then settled nicely and won very well indeed at the end.”

Reflecting on the effort of this term's G2 Dubai Gold Cup victor Stay Foolish, connections' representative Yukihiko Araki added, “We are delighted with his run and not disappointed at all. The horse arrived in Europe only two weeks prior to this race and hadn't done much in between. His target is the [G1 Prix de l'] Arc [de Triomphe] and he will come back stronger and fitter for that.”

Botanik, one of his sire's two Group-race winners, is the second of five foals out of a multiple-winning half-sister to G1 Lockinge S. runner-up and G3 Prix de Cabourg-winning sire Alexandros (GB) (Kingmambo). The March-foaled bay's G1 Premio Roma-winning third dam High Hawk (Ire) (Shirley Heights {GB}) produced a quartet of Group winners by Sadler's Wells (Northern Dancer) headed by multiple Group 1-winning sire In The Wings (GB). High Hawk's half-sister High Tern (Ire) (High Line {GB}) is the dam of G1 Derby winner High-Rise (Ire) (High Estate {GB}) as well as being the second dam of G1 Oaks d'Italia heroine Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}). Zomaradah, of course, is the dam of Dubawi (Ire) (Dubai Millennium {GB}). Botanik's dam Autumn Lily (Street Cry {Ire}) has a 2-year-old filly by Shamardal and a yearling colt by Golden Horn (GB) to come.

Sunday, Deauville, France
LUCIEN BARRIRE GRAND PRIX DE DEAUVILLE-G3, €200,000, Deauville, 8-28, 3yo/up, 12 1/2fT, 2:26.23, gd.
1–BOTANIK (IRE), 130, g, 4, by Golden Horn (GB)
1st Dam: Autumn Lily, by Street Cry {Ire})
2nd Dam: Arlette (Ire), by King Of Kings (Ire)
3rd Dam: High Hawk (Ire), by Shirley Heights (GB)
O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Mickael Barzalona. €114,000. Lifetime Record: 12-7-2-1, €279,221. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Stay Foolish (Jpn), 132, h, 7, Stay Gold (Jpn)–Kauai Lane (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Shadai Race Horse Company Ltd; B-Shadai Farm (JPN); T-Yoshito Yahagi. €44,000.
3–Fenelon (Fr), 130, c, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Aigue Marine (GB), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€80,000 RNA Ylg '19 ARQAUG). O-Gerard Augustin-Normand, Noir et Or Elevage SA & Ecurie Skymarc Farm; B-Noir et Or Elevage SA & Ecurie Skymarc Farm (FR); T-Nicolas Clement. €21,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 4HF, 1. Odds: 1.20, 2.80, 6.50.
Also Ran: Glycon (Fr), Media Storm (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Raclette Joins Yorkshire Oaks Cast

Group 2 winner Raclette (GB) (Frankel {GB}) has been supplemented to the Aug. 18 G1 Yorkshire Oaks, according to trainer Andre Fabre. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' at Deauville last August, the bay won the Listed Prix Melisande at ParisLongchamp two starts back in June, and triumphed in the G2 Prix de Malleret in the colours of the late Prince Khalid Abdullah on July 14.

“She will be supplemented for the Yorkshire Oaks,” said Fabre. “She is beginning to mature now and the step up to 12 furlongs suited her last time out, she really stays well.

“I think she wants good ground–good to firm, fast ground is what she wants. Hopefully it will stay dry in August because sometimes for that meeting it can go soft.

“I don't think she will be a filly for the Arc this year as she is still a little bit weak. Perhaps next year when she is stronger.”

The trainer also had an update on Group 1 winner Mare Australis (Ire) (Australia {GB}), who was unplaced in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.

“He had a valid excuse, he became unbalanced on the track and was pushed out of the race and another horse galloped into his heels,” said Fabre. “Saying that, he's been to Saint-Cloud before and disappointed, so he might just not like the course.

“He'll go for an Arc prep and then the Arc, he likes Longchamp so it makes sense to run him there.”

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Frankel’s Raclette Edges Ahead In Thrilling Malleret

Fresh off a confidence-boosting triumph in last month's Listed Prix Melisande at ParisLongchamp, Juddmonte's homebred 3-year-old filly Raclette (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Emollient, by Empire Maker) continued her resurgence with a narrow victory, back at the Bois de Boulogne venue, in Thursday's G2 Prix de Malleret (Prix Le Bonbon) to set the stakes action rolling on Bastille Day. The April-foaled bay debuted with a 'TDN Rising Star' display at Deauville last August, closing her juvenile campaign with another win at Chantilly in September, but was off the board in her first two starts this term. She ran eighth in April's G3 Prix de la Grotte and fourth in May's Listed Prix Finlande, regaining her winning thread last time, and was usurped in the betting market as the holiday crowd marked G3 Prix de Royaumont victrix Baiykara (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) as the 4-5 pick. The eventual winner found a smooth rhythm stalking the tempo in second after the initial exchanges of the 12-furlong contest. Nudged along to challenge passing the quarter-mile marker, Raclette gained a slender advantage entering the final furlong and was ridden out to bravely hold the challenges on both sides for a career high. At the line, she was a head too good for the fast-closing Listed Prix de Thiberville winner Lastotchka (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), with Baiykara contributing to a thriller and finishing a short neck adrift in third.

“The Family will be delighted with this result,” commented Juddmonte's on-course representative after the win elevated the old guard of Andre Fabre and Olivier Peslier to a combined tally of 16 in the contest, Fabre extending his record haul to a round 10 and Peslier collecting a sixth edition. “Raclette is a smart filly and we have to congratulate Andre Fabre for the fantastic job he has done with this filly. Ever since she ran that first day, he always said the further she went the better she would be and all has gone as he predicted. We will see how she comes out of the race and Mr Fabre will discuss the future with the Family and [racing manager] Barry Mahon. There are plenty of opportunities for her both in France and abroad.”

Pedigree Notes

The best foal of her four-time Grade I-winning dam Emollient, Raclette is a full-sister to the stakes-placed Licence (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and a half-sister to War Front filly Peace Charter (GB), who was second in the G3 Juvenile Fillies Sprint S. at Naas and third in the G2 Balanchine S. The 'TDN Rising Star's juvenile full-sister has been named Ardent and has yet to race. Emollient was barren to Quality Road last year and her 2022 Into Mischief foal died. She returned to Claiborne sire War Front this spring.

The Classic-placed Hofburg (Tapit) is under the second dam, while the third dam, Glia (A.P. Indy), is a daughter of the outstanding blue hen Coup de Genie (Mr. Prospector). Her black-type descendants are legion, with Group 1 winners Denebola (Storm Cat), Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) and Maxios (GB) part of her brood. The last two both found places at stud and currently make their homes in Japan and Ireland, respectively.

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DE MALLERET (PRIX LE BONBON)-G2, €130,000, ParisLongchamp, 7-14, 3yo, f, 12fT, 2:31.40, g/s.
1–RACLETTE (GB), 123, f, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Emollient (MGISW-US, $1,350,400), by Empire Maker
2nd Dam: Soothing Touch, by Touch Gold
3rd Dam: Glia, by A.P. Indy
1ST GROUP WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Olivier Peslier. €74,100. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-0, €137,600. *Full to Licence (GB), SP-Ire; and 1/2 to Peace Charter (GB) (War Front), MGSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lastotchka (Fr), 123, f, 3, Myboycharlie (Ire)–Muthla (Fr), by Muhtathir (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Ecurie Noel Forgeard, EARL Touchstone. Pierre Bonnier, Charles-Henri Bonnier & Philippe Stein; B-EARL Touchstone (FR); T-Jean-Marie Beguigne. €28,600.
3–Baiykara (Fr), 123, f, 3, Zarak (Fr)–Balankiyla (Fr), by Montjeu (Ire). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €13,650.
Margins: HD, SNK, 2. Odds: 2.40, 8.20, 0.80.
Also Ran: Zefania (Fr), *Fall In Love (Ire), *Whileuweresleeping (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.
*Dead-heated for fifth.

 

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