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Olympic Glory’s Watch Me Wins the Rothschild

Alexander Tamagni-Bodmer and Regula Vannod’s Watch Me (Fr) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) had the obvious form claims for Sunday’s G1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville and all went to script for last year’s G1 Coronation S. winner as she outbattled Half Light (Ire) (Shamardal) and Know It All (GB) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) for the win. Tracking Godolphin’s Summer Romance (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) throughout the early stages, the 7-10 favourite got the split on the rail to edge ahead approaching the 300-metre marker and stayed on to score by 3/4 of a length from Half Light, who denied Know It All for second by a short head. “It was not easy today and we’ve been lucky the gap opened on the inside so we could save every inch of ground,” a relieved winning rider Pierre-Charles Boudot explained. “If I’d had to come around them, it might have been a very different outcome as she was struggling bit at the end. Maybe she needs further now.”

Watch Me came to the fore with success in the G3 Prix Imprudence over seven furlongs at Maisons-Laffitte last April and may have been unlucky when subsequently sixth in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches at ParisLongchamp the following month. Taken to the G1 Coronation S. in a daring move which demonstrated the regard in which she was held by Francis-Henri Graffard, she justified that bravery by upsetting Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the Royal Ascot feature before earning a break. Back with a fourth in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois over this track and trip in August, the chestnut was trying 10 furlongs for the first time when beaten just under a length in third in the G1 Prix de l’Opera back at ParisLongchamp on Arc day.

Finely-tuned for this with a win in the course-and-distance Listed Prix de la Calonne July 12, she may have been fortunate that the rail opened up when it did as Summer Romance tired quickly but there were no excuses in behind and it would be hard to argue that she was not the best on the day. “She deserved this–it’s very hard to win two of these but she proved in the Opera in October that she was not finished,” Graffard commented. “She stays 10 furlongs, which gives her more options and we’ll see how she comes out of this. She can run in the Jacques le Marois, the [G1] Jean Romanet or the Opera. Every time she has been beaten, she has had a sound excuse and it’s a great credit to the team.”

Godolphin’s Lisa-Jane Graffard said of the up-and-coming runner-up, who was stepping up off a win in the G3 Hamburger Stutenmeile, “Half Light produced another fantastic performance and we are thrilled with her. She never runs a bad race and it was excellent work by her trainer to bring her back from Germany and get her fresh and ready for this. We will see how she comes out of today before deciding where we go from here, but everything she has done so far has been brilliant. She is by Shamardal and from the family of Galileo and Sea the Stars, so she has really exciting breeding potential for Godolphin.”

The dam Watchful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a half-sister to the group and grade 3-placed Rabi (Ire) (Alzao) and the G3 Coventry S.-placed Kawagino (Ire) (Perugino). The third dam Sharaya (Youth) landed the G1 Prix Vermeille and is also the ancestress of the G2 Centaur S. winner Sans Adieu (Jpn) (French Deputy), as well as of the listed scorer and G1 Nunthorpe S. runner-up Hamish McGonagall (GB) (Namid {GB}). Also connected to the G1 Irish Oaks heroine Shawanda (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) and the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and Vermeille heroine Shareta (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}), her 2-year-old colt by the same sire named Watch Him (Fr) (Elvstroem {Aus}) was bought by Amanda Skiffington for €100,000 at the Arqana Deauville October Yearling Sale. Her yearling colt is again by Elvstroem.

Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX ROTHSCHILD-G1, €180,000, Deauville, 8-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 8fT, 1:34.05, gd.
1–WATCH ME (FR), 130, f, 4, by Olympic Glory (Ire)
1st Dam: Watchful (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Sharakawa (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Sharaya, by Youth
(€30,000 RNA Ylg ’17 ARAUG). O-Alexander Tamagni & Mme Regula Vannod; B-Mme Antoinette Tamagni-Bodmer & Cocheese Bloodstock Anstalt (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €102,852. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 9-5-0-2, €625,144. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Half Light (Ire), 130, f, 4, Shamardal–Northern Melody (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Henri-Alex Pantall. €41,148.
3–Know It All (GB), 122, f, 3, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)–Common Knowledge (GB), by Rainbow Quest. O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Qatar Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Johnny Murtagh. €20,574.
Margins: 3/4, SHD, 2. Odds: 0.70, 8.10, 12.00.
Also Ran: Speak of the Devil (Fr), Norma (GB), Summer Romance (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Bated Breath’s Cairn Gorm Takes the Cabourg

Unbeaten entering Sunday’s G3 Darley Prix de Cabourg, Cairn Gorm (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) kept his tally secure with a battling effort in the Deauville sunshine. Helped by the fact that his compatriot and the 11-10 market-leader Mighty Gurkha (Ire) (Sepoy {Aus}) was left at the start, the chestnut who was carrying the Hunscote Stud colours tracked the pace and was perfectly positioned before hitting the front passing the furlong pole. Asserting from there under Tom Marquand, the 17-5 second favourite scored by a length from Jubilation (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), with a head back to Prince Lancelot (GB) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) in third. “He’s a very nice horse and the ground was quick enough for him today, so he was a little bit hesitant early on,” the winning rider commented. “When he found his stride, he really went and is still undefeated. Whether he’s good enough for a higher level or not you’d only know when you tried.”

This was an inspired piece of placing by connections, with Cairn Gorm having previous won on debut at Windsor June 22 and when under a subsequent penalty at Newbury July 8. Trainer Mick Channon said, “We thought he was a nice horse, but he had to step up today and he has. He’s won a group three going away, so we’ll have to think about taking him back here for the [G1] Prix Morny later in the month.”

Cairn Gorm is out of In Your Time (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who is a three-parts sister to the G3 Musidora S. winner Time Away (Ire) by Dalakhani’s sire Darshaan (GB). Her own descendants are headed by the G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor), while she is kin to the G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Time Ahead (GB) (Spectrum {Ire}) and the listed-placed Moment of Time (GB) (Rainbow Quest). She is in turn the dam of the G2 Crystal Mile scorer Chief Ironside (GB) (Lawman {Fr}). The third dam is the four-times group 1-winning champion Time Charter (Ire) (Saritamer) who was also responsible for the G2 Jockey Club S.-winning pair Time Allowed (GB) (Sadler’s Wells) and Zinaad (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}). In Your Time’s yearling colt is by Havana Gold (Ire).

Sunday, Deauville, France
DARLEY PRIX DE CABOURG-G3, €56,000, Deauville, 8-2, 2yo, 5fT, 1:11.20, gd.
1–CAIRN GORM (GB), 126, c, 2, by Bated Breath (GB)
1st Dam: In Your Time (GB), by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Not Before Time (Ire), by Polish Precedent
3rd Dam: Time Charter (Ire), by Saritamer
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (19,000gns RNA Wlg ’18 TATFOA; £35,000 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Hunscote Stud Ltd & Partner; B-Hunscote Stud (GB); T-Mick Channon; J-Tom Marquand. €28,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €36,972. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Jubilation (Ire), 122, f, 2, Acclamation (GB)–Fairy Dancer (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). (60,000 Ylg ’19 TAOCT). O-Mme Susan Davis, Ballylinch Stud, Peter Ronald Mitchell & Mme Melissa O’Neill; B-Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Eoghan O’Neill. €11,200.
3–Prince Lancelot (GB), 126, c, 2, Sir Prancealot (Ire)–Rainbow Vale (Fr), by Moss Vale (Ire). (€90,000 Ylg ’19 ARAUG). O-Antoine Gilibert & Fabrice Chappet; B-Ecurie Skymarc Farm (GB); T-Fabrice Chappet. €8,400.
Margins: 1, HD, HF. Odds: 3.40, 6.90, 6.90.
Also Ran: Axdavali (Fr), Winvalchope (Fr), Mighty Gurkha (Ire), Lagoken (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Rothschild Takes Centre Stage On Sunday

Deauville stages the first of its August features on Sunday, with the fillies and mares granted the opportunity to strike at the highest level in the G1 Prix Rothschild. Alexander Tamagni-Bodmer and Regula Vannod’s Watch Me (Fr) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) sets the standard, having won last year’s G1 Coronation S. and finished third in the G1 Prix de l’Opera and she looked primed for another big effort when taking the course-and-distance Listed Prix de la Calonne on July 12. Trainer Francis-Henri Graffard is expecting a bold show. “She is in great form and has improved a lot since her seasonal comeback three weeks ago,” he said. “It’s a Group 1 and they are always hard to win, but I could not be happier with her condition.”

Watch Me meets Godolphin’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Summer Romance (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who put up a markedly-improved performance when taking Epsom’s G3 Princess Elizabeth S. over an extended mile on July 4. Enjoying the run of the race there, she still managed to beat three classy fillies in Cloak of Spirits (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Rose of Kildare (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) and Onassis (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Charlie Appleby is hoping she can build on that confidence boost. “We were very pleased with the performance of Summer Romance at Epsom and she came out of the race well,” he said. “She made the running there, but doesn’t have to go from the front–it wasn’t the plan to make it last time out but nobody else wanted to go on, so we took the bull by the horns. We feel that this is a good opportunity to hopefully step up to Group 1 level.”

Another who is looking to make a jump forward is Qatar Racing Limited’s July 1 G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies S. scorer Know It All (GB) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), but the manner of her success in that Leopardstown mile contest suggests she can make an impact. Trainer Johnny Murtagh said, “She’s going there in great form, hopefully. Sheikh Fahad picked this race out and I’m glad he did because it’s a fillies’ only Group 1 with six runners. There are obviously some good ones in it.” One of those is Rashit Shaykhutdinov’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches runner-up Speak of the Devil (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who is back over a mile having failed to stay the 10 1/2-furlong trip of the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly on July 5. She is probably still underestimated and this could be her chance to make amends for her unlucky defeat in the June 1 Classic here.

In the G3 Darley Prix de Cabourg, which has been won in recent times by Dabirsim (Fr) (Hat Trick {Jpn}), Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal), the 2-year-olds get a chance to prove worthy of a tilt at the upcoming G1 Prix Morny over the same six-furlong trip. There does not look to be an Earthlight among the domestic contingent this year and, as ever, there is a strong British challenge via the July 18 Listed Rose Bowl S. runner-up Mighty Gurkha (Ire) (Sepoy {Aus}) and the unbeaten Cairn Gorm (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}).

At Dusseldorf, there is Classic action with the 162nd renewal of the 11-furlong G1 Henkel-Preis der Diana seeing a formidable collection of foreign raiders. Francis-Henri Graffard has already taken one of Germany’s Classics after In Swoop (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) caused an upset in the G1 Deutsches Derby and is back again with another import from this country in Tickle Me Green (Ger) (Sea the Moon {Ger}). Third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte at ParisLongchamp on May 11 and ninth in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches at Deauville on June 1 when under the care of Andre Fabre, Gestut Gorlsdorf’s homebred made her debut for Graffard a winning one in the Listed Prix Madame Jean Couturie over 10 furlongs at Vichy on July 20.

Gary Barber and Team Valor International’s Silence Please (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) beat her stablemate and subsequent G1 Nassau S. runner-up One Voice (Ire) (Poet’s Voice {GB}) in the 10-furlong Listed Salsabil S. at Navan on June 10 before finishing third behind Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) under a penalty in the July 4 Listed Naas Oaks Trial. That form may be good enough in this context with no stand-out among the German brigade. One of the least exposed of them is Gestut Wittekindshof’s Elle Memory (Ger) (Maxios {GB}), the Peter Schiergen-trained daughter of the prolific Elle Danzig (Ger) (Roi Danzig) who captured this in 1998 when it was a Group 2. The second dam of Saturday’s Listed Chalice S. winner Katara (Fr) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), her Shamardal filly Elle Shadow was second in this in 2010. Although it would make a nice story if Elle Memory is to go one better, she has to progress some way from her narrow defeat of Sister Lulu (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) in the 10 1/2-furlong Listed Preis Dusseldorf on June 21.

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Kendargent Filly Perfect in Deauville’s Prix Six Perfections

Andre Fabre incumbent See The Rose (Ire) (Kendargent {Fr}) got up late to prevail by a nose when posting a June 19 debut score tackling 5 1/2 furlongs at Chantilly, doubling up in a July 12 conditions heat over six at Deauville last time, and she made it a perfect three-for-three in Saturday’s G3 Prix Six Perfections Sky Sports Racing back at the Normandy venue. Stalking the pace set by Wedding Dance (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) after an alert getaway in this first try at seven furlongs, the 7-5 favourite was nudged along to launch her challenge off the home turn and kept on well under mild coaxing once gaining a slender advantage at the eighth pole to deny that rival by 3/4-of-a-length for a first black-type rosette. Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}) ran on well from off the pace to finish a neck adrift in third.

“See The Rose is a lovely filly, she is sweet to be around and easy to train,” said trainer Andre Fabre, who saddled stablemate and subsequent G1 Cheveley Park S. third Tropbeau (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) to win this event last year. “She has class and will return here in the [G2] Prix du Calvados. So far she is the carbon copy of [subsquent Calvados winner] Tropbeau.”

See The Rose, a daughter of the dual stakes-placed Xaarienne (GB) (Xaar {GB}), is the sixth of seven foals and one of four winners from as many runners for her dam. She hails from the family of MG1SW G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains-winning champion L’Emigrant (The Minstrel) and G1SP G2 Great Voltigeur S. victor Zalazl (Roberto) and the February-foaled bay becomes the third stakes performer for Xaarienne. She is a full-sister to Listed Prix Francois Boutin victor Xaarino (Fr) and G3 Prix de Cabourg placegetter Mont Kiara (Fr) and half to a yearling filly by Lope de Vega (Ire). Xaarienne in herself kin to Sablonniere (Fr) (Verglas {Ire}), who in turn produced G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis victor King Malpic (Fr) (King’s Best) and last month’s Listed Prix Ridgway winner Dream Works (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

Saturday, Deauville, France
PRIX SIX PERFECTIONS SKY SPORTS RACING-G3, €56,000, Deauville, 8-1, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:24.20, gd.
1–SEE THE ROSE (IRE), 123, f, 2, by Kendargent (Fr)
1st Dam: Xaarienne (GB) (MSP-Fr), by Xaar (GB)
2nd Dam: Saharienne, by A.P. Indy
3rd Dam: Sahara Sun, by Alysheba
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€180,000 Ylg ’19 ARAUG). O-Sean Mulryan, Linda Shanahan & Susan Magnier; B-John O’Connor (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €28,300. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €52,500. *Full to Xaarino (Fr), SW-Fr; and Mont Kiara (Fr), GSP-Fr, $104,609. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Wedding Dance (Ire), 123, f, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Wadaa, by Dynaformer. (600,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. €11,200.
3–Coeursamba (Fr), 123, f, 2, The Wow Signal (Ire)–Marechale (Fr), by Anabaa). (€24,000 Wlg ’18 ARQDEC; €40,000 Ylg ’19 ARAUG). O-SARL Ecurie Jean-Louis Tepper & Ecuries Serge Stempniak; B-Mlle Julie Mestrallet, Mme Francine Mestrallet & Mme Agathe Cousin Mestrallet (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €8,400.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 4. Odds: 1.40, 2.80, 5.10.
Also Ran: Cherie Amour (Fr), Rougir (Fr), Place d’Iena (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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