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Night of Thunder’s Suesa Goes 4-For-4 At Chantilly

George Strawbridge's Suesa (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) had registered wins for the Georgina Cabrero-Carlos Laffon-Parias axis in an Oct. 13 debutantes' heat going six furlongs at Chantilly before doubling up over 5 1/2 furlongs back there in the Nov. 10 Listed Prix Yacowlef. She maintained her perfect record when snagging last month's G3 Prix Sigy for new connections, with subsequent G3 Prix de Saint-Georges victrix Ideal Beauty (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in arrears, and continued the winning trend in taking fashion by turning Monday's G3 Prix Texanita, her fourth straight outing at the Parisian venue, into a procession. Settled 1 1/2 lengths behind last term's G3 Prix du Bois victrix Livachope (Fr) (Goken {Fr}) in second until beyond halfway, the 1-2 favourite tanked forward to lead with 350 metres remaining and kept on powerfully in the closing stages to score by three lengths from Louliana (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}).

“She takes everything in her stride and does everything right,” commented trainer Francois Rohaut. “Carlos [Laffon-Parias] did a great job with her and I am only continuing what he was doing. She loves training, she loves racing, she travels well and has something the others don't have. She is just very good and I get the impression, that with things being so easy for her, she now has a tendency to idle in front. She has earned a trip to Royal Ascot for the [June 18 G1] Commonwealth Cup and I think she will have a great chance. I toyed with the idea of running run her over a mile in the [G1] Poule [d'Essai des Pouliches], but we decided to be conservative and keep her over this trip. Stepping up in trip will come after Ascot, possibly at Deauville in August. For now, we shall take it one race at a time.”

Suesa, the fourth of six foals, is one of two scorers and the leading performer produced by an unraced half-sister to Listed Radley S. placegetter Sheboygan (Ire) (Grand Lodge). Her second dam, Listed Tyros S. third White Satin (Ire) (Fairy King), is kin to stakes-winning GII Honeymoon H. third Chenille (Ire) (Tenby {GB}) and the April-foaled bay hails from a family featuring MG1SW siblings Barathea (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and Gossamer (GB) (Sadler's Wells). Suesa is a half-sister to Spanish champion juvenile colt Valle Inclan (Ire) (Elusive Pimpernel), a 2-year-old filly by Estidhkaar (Ire) and a yearling colt by The Last Lion (Ire).

Monday, Chantilly, France
PRIX TEXANITA-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 5-17, 3yo, 6fT, 1:12.05, sf.
1–SUESA (IRE), 125, f, 3, by Night of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: Sally Is The Boss (Ire), by Orpen
2nd Dam: White Satin (Ire), by Fairy King
3rd Dam: Canton Lightning (Ire), by Rheingold (GB)
(€17,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV). O-George Strawbridge; B-Thomastown Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Francois Rohaut; J-Olivier Peslier. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, €116,050. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Louliana (Ire), 122, f, 3, Acclamation (GB)–Rosie's Premiere (Ire), by Showcasing (GB). (€44,000 Ylg '19 AROCT; £80,000 2yo '20 GOFJUL). O-Mbaye Niang SNC & Scuderia Il Fino; B-Haras du Mezeray SA (IRE); T-Frederic Rossi. €16,000.
3–Bavaria Express (Fr), 122, f, 3, Dabirsim (Fr)–Baiadera (Ger), by Tertullian. O/B-Ecurie Normandie Pur Sang (FR); T-Fabrice Chappet. €12,000.
Margins: 3, 1, 1HF. Odds: 0.50, 13.00, 7.40.
Also Ran: Frontgate, Urgent Appeal (Ire), Galik (Fr), Livachope (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Bated Breath’s Makaloun Annexes The Prix de Guiche

His Highness The Aga Khan's Makaloun (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}) suffered the only reverse of a five-race freshman campaign when a close third over 10 furlongs in a hot renewal of October's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and bounced back in style to garner Tuesday's G3 Prix de Guiche, dropping down in trip on seasonal return, at Chantilly. Last term's Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage and G3 Prix de Conde victor went postward as the 23-10 second choice–for a heat won by Lawman (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in recent years–and slipstreamed stablemate Veldeni (Fr) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) from flagfall in this nine-furlong test. Seizing an opportunity as Veldeni ghosted away from the inner and offered an open seam along the far-side rail into the straight, he bounded to the front soon after turning for home and kept on powerfully under mild rousting inside the final quarter mile to withstand the dual late threat of Millebosc (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Listed Prix Maurice Caillault victor Fort Payne (Fr) (Rio de la Plata) by a half length and a short neck for a third black-type success.

“That was perfect teamwork, the pacemaker [Veldeni] did a super job and Makaloun had the most perfect reintroduction,” said winning trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “He quickened nicely, he was not finished at the end and didn't have a hard race. I saw what I wanted to see. With [undefeated Listed Prix de Suresnes winner] Saiydabad, we now have two potential runners for the [June 6 G1] Prix du Jockey Club and, personally, I would like to run both. However, we'll discuss it with His Highness and the entourage to see where we go from here.”

Makaloun is the latest of four foals and one of three winners from as many runners out of a dual-winning half-sister to Listed Prix Omnium II victor Markazi (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The May-foaled homebred's fourth dam Mariyada (Diesis {GB}), from the immediate family of G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Riverqueen (Fr) (Luthier {Fr}), is kin to G3 Prix d'Hedouville winner and G2 Prix Niel runner-up Malakim (Blushing Groom {Fr}) and also to the granddam of Listed Fleur de Lys S. victress Mayonga (Ire) (Dr Fong).

Tuesday, Chantilly, France
PRIX DE GUICHE-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 5-11, 3yo, c/g, 9fT, 1:53.11, g/s.
1–MAKALOUN (FR), 128, c, 3, by Bated Breath (GB)
1st Dam: Makana (Fr), by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Marasima (Ire), by Barathea (Ire)
3rd Dam: Miralaya (Ire), by Shernazar (Ire)
O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Christophe Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 6-5-0-1, €158,870. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Millebosc (Fr), 128, c, 3, Le Havre (Ire)–Mixed Intention (Ire), by Elusive City. O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin Finance SA (FR); T-Stephanie Nigge. €16,000.
3–Fort Payne (Fr), 128, c, 3, Rio de la Plata–Lady Verde (Fr), by Meshaheer. O-Alain Jathiere, Mme Philippe Demercastel & Nicolas Caullery; B-Mme Philippe Demercastel (FR); T-Nicolas Caullery. €12,000.
Margins: HF, SNK, 2. Odds: 2.30, 6.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Adhamo (Ire), Darkness (Fr), Veldeni (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Guiche The Focus on Tuesday

Some leading G1 Prix du Jockey Club hopefuls take the next step en route to the Chantilly showcase on Tuesday as that track stages the nine-furlong G3 Prix de Guiche, won in 2007 by Lawman (Fr) and five years ago by another subsequent winner of the domestic Classic in Almanzor (Fr). Likely favourite will be the Wertheimers' Adhamo (Ire) (Intello {Ger}), who scored by three lengths in the G3 Prix la Force over this trip at ParisLongchamp Apr. 11, but he faces a stern opponent in The Aga Khan's returning Makaloun (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}). He was beaten for the first time when third in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in October, but that form is looking strong after a trio who finished in his wake have gone on to win black-type races and one of them is the new red-hot Epsom Derby favourite Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Previously successful by five lengths from the smart filly Anasia (GB) (Intello {Ger}) in the G3 Prix de Conde over this trip at Chantilly, the Jean-Claude Rouget trainee has a pacemaker in Veldeni (Fr) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) to aid his cause. Also in the mix is Alain Jathiere and Philippe Demercastel's Fort Payne (Fr) (Rio de la Plata), the impressive winner of the Mar. 9 Listed Prix Maurice Caillault over this course and distance who is on turf for the first time.

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Daughter of Goldikova Breaks Through at Chantilly

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's homebred 3-year-old filly Goldistyle (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the sixth of seven surviving foals out of MG1SW superstar Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), shed maiden status at the second attempt when getting up late to narrowly deny Teruya Yoshida's homebred Sentimental Mambo (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), herself a daughter of MG1SW distaffer Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), in Friday's Prix de la Prairie over one mile at Chantilly.

3rd-Chantilly, €27,000, Mdn, 5-7, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:43.83, sf.
GOLDISTYLE (IRE) (f, 3, Dubawi {Ire}–Goldikova {Ire} {2x Ch. Grass Mare-US, Ch. Older Horse-Eur, Ch. Older Mare-Eur, MG1SW-Eng & Fr, MGISW-US, $7,176,551}, by Anabaa), an Apr. 6 debut third behind the 'TDN Rising Star' performance of Wensleydale (GB) (Frankel {GB}) going one mile at Saint-Cloud last time, raced in fourth through the early strides and tanked forward to go second before halfway in this one. Niggled along soon after turning for home, the 13-5 second favourite came under sterner urging to tackle Sentimental Mambo (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), herself a daughter of MG1SW & MGISW distaffer Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), passing the quarter-mile marker and was driven out to edge that foe by a short neck nearing the line. Goldistyle is the sixth of seven surviving foals and becomes the third scorer for MG1SW superstar distaffer Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) and the February-foaled homebred chestnut is a half-sister to G3 Prix Cleopatre victrix and G1 Prix de Diane third Terrakova (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the hitherto unraced 2-year-old colt Lehman (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Goldikova's siblings include G1 Prix Vermeille heroine and MG1SP G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), MG1SP sire Anodin (Ire) (Anabaa) and GSW G1 Prix Jean Prat placegetter Gold Luck (Fr) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, €17,550. Video, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias.

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