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No Mistake For Pensee Du Jour In The Penelope

News — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:53:32 +0000

Saturday's G3 Prix Penelope at Saint-Cloud looked a deep race for its type so early in the season, but Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd's TDN Rising Star Pensee Du Jour (Ire) (Camelot {GB}–Painter's Pride {Fr}, by Dansili {GB}) tackled the third quick examination of her fledgling career with a degree of comfort to provide Andre Fabre with a 10th renewal of the 10 1/2-furlong Diane trial. In front from the outset but kept company by Ballydoyle's Library (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the 2-5 favourite began to turn the screw from the top of the straight with Bauyrzhan Murzabayev intent on making it a true test. Soon beyond recall, the relative of Peintre Celebre who was only seen for the first time at Chantilly in February and who had been so dominant in the Listed Prix Rose de Mai here early this month maintained the gallop to the line to score by 2 1/2 lengths from the Andrew Balding-trained Sea Of Roses (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), with Ballydoyle's Be Happy (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) 3/4 of a length away in third. “She is a very nice filly and she has not had too hard a race there–I think she can improve again,” Murzabayev commented of the winner.

She's very good! Pensee Du Jour takes the Group 3 Prix Penelope and remains unbeaten for Bauyrzhan Murzabayev and André Fabre at Saint-Cloud… pic.twitter.com/QTyMdVpESr

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 1, 2023

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Camelot TDN Rising Star Lights Up Chantilly

News — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:41:52 +0000

Thursday's card at Chantilly witnessed Europe's first TDN Rising Star of 2023 as Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd's Pensee Du Jour (Ire) (Camelot {GB}–Painter's Pride {Fr}, by Dansili {GB}) powered to an impressive success in the 9 1/2-furlong Prix du Chateau de la Reine Blanche for unraced 3-year-old fillies. Away smartly under Alexis Pouchin, the 1-2 favourite who is a half-sister to the G3 Mahab Al Shimaal winner and G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen third Canvassed (Ire) (Shamardal) and who hails from the Wildenstein dynasty of the champion Peintre Celebre was in front before two furlongs had been covered.

Stretching clear in early straight, the Andre Fabre-trained bay was already being eased down a furlong from the finish and was four lengths ahead of the Fabrice Chappet newcomer Crown Princesse (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) there, with another three lengths back to Hasapiko (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}) from the Stephane Wattel stable. With no prompting from the saddle during the closing stages, Pensee Du Jour still covered the last three furlongs on the Polytrack in 34.64 seconds and her entries in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix Saint-Alary do not look fanciful on this first piece of evidence.

For Camelot, this is a seventh TDN Rising Star, with Sir Dragonet (Ire) and Santa Barbara (Ire) the pick so far. The dam was the 13th foal out of the GII Long Island H. winner Peinture Bleue (Alydar), who proved such a font of success for the Wildensteins with the aforementioned Arc and Prix du Jockey Club hero Peintre Celebre the pick of her offerings. She also provided the stud with the G2 Prix de Pomone scorer Peinture Rare (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), the G3 Prix de Barbeville winner Pointilliste (Giant's Causeway) and the listed scorer Peinture Rose (Storm Cat).

Peinture Bleue's winless daughter Pine Chip, a full-sister to Peintre Celebre, is the ancestress of the South African champion Jet Dark (SAf) (Trippi), while other descendants include the G3 JRA Cup winner Desert Icon (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and the GIII Fall Highweight H. scorer Hopeful Treasure (Oxbow). The third dam is Petroleuse (Ire), who was successful in the G3 Princess Elizabeth S. and is kin to the champion Pawneese (Ire) and ancestress of the sires Policy Maker (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Planteur (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}.

3rd-Chantilly, €27,000, Debutantes, 2-16, 3yo, f, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:56.88, st.
PENSEE DU JOUR (IRE), f, 3, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Painter's Pride (Fr), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Peinture Bleue, by Alydar
3rd Dam: Petroleuse (Ire), by Habitat
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Kingman’s Persian King Dominates the Moulin

News — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:45:23 +0000

In the absence of Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) and the retired Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Sunday’s G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp boasted almost everything else that still held some claim to elevated status in the mile category and it was TDN Rising Star Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) who emerged supreme. Long deemed more than capable of a performance such as this, Godolphin SNC and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd’s imposing specimen just needed things to fall right and with conditions in his favour and an ideal target horse in Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) it was all set up ideally here. Sunk in the heavy ground when fourth behind Palace Pier in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville Aug. 16, the 18-5 second favourite who is unbeaten at this track tanked along with relish in the hands of Pierre-Charles Boudot in a close second with the rest detached throughout the early stages. Left in front two out, the 4-year-old was in total control from there with the winning margin eventually narrowed to 1 3/4 lengths by the sole closer Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal), as Circus Maximus faded to be six lengths behind in third. “Persian King’s victory was expected, to be fair. I don’t want to play the genius, but I was very confident because I could train him properly for the first time,” Andre Fabre said. “The surfaces were better than in August and it was less warm, so I could train him harder.”

Sporting these same Ballymore silks as a juvenile, Persian King registered a brace of conditions wins at Chantilly by a cumulative margin of 11 lengths before denying Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) by a neck, with Circus Maximus three lengths away, in a strong renewal of the G3 Autumn S. at Newmarket. Bought into by Godolphin, he reappeared to take the course-and-distance G3 Prix de Fontainebleau on fast ground in race-record time last April before securing the expected Classic victory in contrasting testing conditions in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains also over this track and trip the following month. Denied the Poulains-G1 Prix du Jockey Club double by Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) at Chantilly last June, the bay sustained an injury there which kept him off the track until racing’s resumption in 2020. Turned over by the subsequent Listed Gala S.-winning stablemate Magny Cours (Medaglia d’Oro) in the Listed Prix de Montretout over a mile back at Chantilly June 10, he built on that comeback effort to beat Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) and Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in G2 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud June 28.

Moving back beyond a mile for only the second time in the nine-furlong G1 Prix d’Ispahan at Chantilly July 19, he made light work of dispatching of the veteran Stormy Antarctic (GB) (Stormy Atlantic) there but was out of the first two for the first time in his career in the Marois on Deauville’s sapping ground. Coming forward from that slog rather than it setting him back, Persian King was able to sit on the tail of the aggressively-ridden Circus Maximus with ease as the remaining quartet found themselves adrift. Siskin (First Defence) had become worked up in the stalls as he did in the G1 Middle Park S. last term and was awkwardly away, while Persian King’s year-younger stablemate Victor Ludorum (Ire) (Shamardal) again blew the start as he had in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club. Pinatubo and last year’s runner-up Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) made up the four that were separated from the front duo, but none of their jockeys could be accused of giving them too much to do as there were no visual signs that they were under restraint.

Last year’s hero Circus Maximus was probably striding on a touch too energetically for the first half of the contest, but with no other pace available in the line-up Ryan Moore had understandably opted to grasp the nettle. Unfortunately for that triple group 1 winner, he was being utilised as a lead horse by Boudot whose every body signal throughout suggested the race was wrapped up even before they turned for home with that comfortable gap still intact to the chasing pack. Letting Persian King rip as soon as he felt the Ballydoyle challenger under stress, the considerable talent Boudot had judged the race to perfection as he so often does and as eyecatching and reaffirming as Pinatubo’s customary determined charge was, it was never going to be enough.

Andre Fabre is looking at stepping the winner back up in trip and, surprisingly, was not ruling out a tilt at the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe back here in four weeks’ time. “You can blame the ground for his below-par performance in the Jacques le Marois and the best horse on the day won today,” he said. “He’s entered in [G1] Champion S. and the Arc and all is possible. We have different options and I think he can step back up in distance, so we will see closer to the time which way we go. I don’t know if a mile and a half would be better, as there is obviously a question mark over the distance.”

Charlie Appleby said of the runner-up, “Pinatubo has run another solid race and seen the mile out. We will see how he comes out of the race and discuss it with connections, but I think the plan will be to come back to Longchamp for the [G1] Prix de la Foret and then hopefully on to the Breeders’ Cup Mile.” The Niarchos Family’s Alan Cooper said of Circus Maximus, “We have no complaints, he’s run a very good race and we’ll take him back home and see what Aidan wants to do with him. I suppose there are only two options now, the [G1] Queen Elizabeth II Stakes or the Breeders’ Cup Mile.” Siskin’s jockey Colin Keane commented, He ran well and to the pound of his Sussex form if you compare with Circus Maximus. It wasn’t an ideal race, as I was left in no mans’ land in front of the main pack.”

Persian King is the second foal out of Pretty Please (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), a half to the G1 Prix Ganay hero Planteur (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) who was also second in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club. Their dam Plante Rare (Ire) (Giant’s Causeway) is a half to three pattern-race winners headed by the four-times group 2 scorer Policy Maker (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) who was also twice runner-up in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The third dam Palmeraie (Lear Fan) is kin to the GII Long Island H. heroine Peinture Bleue (Alydar), who in turn is the dam of the 1997 G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and Prix du Jockey Club hero and leading sire Peintre Celebre (Nureyev).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DU MOULIN DE LONGCHAMP-G1, €270,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-6, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:36.73, g/s.
1–PERSIAN KING (IRE), 129, c, 4, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Pretty Please (Ire), by Dylan Thomas (Ire)
2nd Dam: Plante Rare (Ire), by Giant’s Causeway
3rd Dam: Palmeraie, by Lear Fan
O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd & Godolphin; B-Dayton Investments (Breeding) Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €85,710. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 12-8-3-0, €1,137,740. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Pinatubo (Ire), 125, c, 3, Shamardal–Lava Flow (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. €61,722.
3–Circus Maximus (Ire), 129, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Duntle (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €30,861.
Margins: 1 3/4, 6, 1. Odds: 3.60, 1.40, 5.20.
Also Ran: Siskin, Victor Ludorum (GB), Romanised (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Kingman’s Persian King Dominates At Chantilly

News — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:46:55 +0000

Despite his achievements to date, there is still a sense that TDN Rising Star Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) is a case of still waters running deep. Looking for another win at the highest level to complement his G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains success of 2019, he found it coming to him relatively easy in Sunday’s G1 Prix d’Ispahan at Chantilly. Shadowing the vastly-improved British raider Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) straining Pierre-Charles Boudot’s reins initially, the 9-10 favourite was allowed to stride to the front approaching the two-furlong pole to put paid to any remaining stamina concerns. From there Godolphin and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd’s bay saw out the nine furlongs as strongly as it looked he would when finishing with a flourish last time in the G2 Prix du Muguet over a mile. There was a two-length winning margin and a gulf in class to the game veteran Stormy Antarctic (GB) (Stormy Atlantic) at the line, as Pogo clung on to third 1 3/4 lengths away. Anthony Stroud, representing connections, paid tribute to the trainer afterwards. “There is no need to say that Andre Fabre has done a marvellous job to bring him back to where he is now,” he said in reference to the winner’s substantial lay-off. “It’s been step-by-step and it will continue that way. He was a very good 2-year-old and has a lot of talent.”

Much water has passed under the bridge since Persian King beat Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in what has become a portent of things to follow in Newmarket’s G3 Autumn S. in October 2018. His Poulains victory in testing ground was followed by a reversal and an injury sustained in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club here last June and it was only June 10 when he was eventually able to return to active duty. In all likelihood shy of a peak, he had the misfortune to come up against a progressive talent from his own yard and was turned over by Magny Cours (Medaglia d’Oro) in the Listed Prix de Montretout over a mile back at this venue. The subsequent exploits of that stablemate when winning a competitive renewal of Sandown’s Listed Gala S. shed more favourable light on that effort and Persian King was able to build as he dispatched the two considerable compatriots Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) and Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in the Muguet at Saint-Cloud June 28.

Stroud was not ruling out a potential tilt at the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and added, “It is a distinct possibility, but obviously it depends on Andre and the owners. In the French Derby, he was drawn wide on the outside and got injured in the race, so you can’t categorically say he doesn’t stay. The jury is still out and his family suggests he could stay a mile and a half.” Fabre seemed set on reverting to a mile afterwards as he said, “At one stage, the [G1] Juddmonte International was an option, but now I think that I will run him in the [G1 Prix] Jacques le Marois [at Deauville Aug. 16].”

Persian King’s dam Pretty Please (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) is a three-parts sister to the G1 Prix Ganay hero Planteur (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and a half to the dual listed winner Pilote d’Essai (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The third dam Palmeraie (Lear Fan) is kin to three black-type winners, most notably the GII Long Island H. heroine Peinture Bleue (Alydar) who later produced the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero and leading sire Peintre Celebre.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX D’ISPAHAN-G1, €150,000, Chantilly, 7-19, 3yo/up, 9fT, 1:47.21, g/s.
1–PERSIAN KING (IRE), 131, c, 4, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Pretty Please (Ire), by Dylan Thomas (Ire)
2nd Dam: Plante Rare (Ire), by Giant’s Causeway
3rd Dam: Palmeraie, by Lear Fan
O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd & Godolphin; B-Dayton Investments (Breeding) Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €85,710. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 10-7-3-0, €949,202. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Stormy Antarctic (GB), 131, g, 7, Stormy Atlantic–Bea Remembered (GB), by Doyen (Ire). (68,000gns Wlg ’13 TATFOA; 200,000gns 2yo ’15 TATBRE). O-Pak Kwan Siu; B-East Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Ed Walker. €11,200.
3–Pogo (Ire), 131, c, 4, Zebedee (GB)–Cute (GB), by Diktat (GB). (€10,500 Wlg ’16 GOFNOV; £32,000 Ylg ’17 GOUKPR). O-Gary & Linnet Woodward; B-Thomas Foy (IRE); T-Charles Hills. €8,400.
Margins: 2, 1 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.80, 37.00, 39.00.
Also Ran: Motamarris (Ire), Century Dream (Ire), Positive (GB), Roseman (Ire), Shaman (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Kingman’s Persian King Back To Winning Ways In the Muguet

News — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:23:15 +0000

Upset on his return when second in the Listed Prix de Montretout over a mile at Chantilly June 10, Godolphin and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd’s Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) was back in shape and on track in Sunday’s G2 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud. Taken straight to the lead by Pierre-Charles Boudot, last year’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains hero was threatened and briefly headed by the G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil winner Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) passing two out. Quickly regaining the advantage, the 3-5 favourite finished full of running to beat that rival by 1 1/4 lengths, with 3/4 of a length back to Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in third.

“I knew after his last race that he would come on a lot for it and that’s exactly what happened,” Boudot said. “He was very relaxed in front and when they made their move and he was slightly outpaced but then he quickened and showed a very nice action. I still had something left at the end, he was far from finished so that’s a very good sign and also we know he’ll go a bit further.” Making his first appearance since finishing runner-up in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club when caught out in the Montretout, the imposing Persian King can now go back to the top level after two sharpeners. That could come in the G1 Prix d’Ispahan at Chantilly July 19 according to Boudot. “I think his next target is the Prix d’Ispahan and I am sure that another furlong will be okay for him,” he added.

Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX DU MUGUET-G2, €90,000, Saint-Cloud, 6-28, 4yo/up, 8fT, 1:39.09, g/s.
1–PERSIAN KING (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Pretty Please (Ire), by Dylan Thomas (Ire)
2nd Dam: Plante Rare (Ire), by Giant’s Causeway
3rd Dam: Palmeraie, by Lear Fan
O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd & Godolphin; B-Dayton Investments (Breeding) Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €51,300. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr & GSW-Eng, 9-6-3-0, €863,492. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Pretreville (Fr), 126, h, 5, Acclamation (GB)–Pegase Hurry, by Fusaichi Pegasus. (€100,000 Ylg ’16 AROCT). O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Serge Boucheron (FR); T-Pascal Bary. €19,800.
3–Skalleti (Fr), 128, g, 5, Kendargent (Fr)–Skallet (Fr), by Muhaymin. (€85,000 Ylg ’16 ARAUG). O-Jean-Claude Seroul; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Jerome Reynier. €9,450.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.60, 2.40, 4.90.
Also Ran: We Ride The World (Ire), Suphala (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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