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ParisLongchamp: Fabre Preps Duo For Autumn Targets

Ahead of the weekend's thrillers, Thursday offers the warm-up with the G3 Prix des Chenes and G3 Prix d'Aumale acting as stepping stones for the major 2-year-old contests of the autumn. Fabre's 10 wins in the Chenes and six in the d'Aumale mean that his representation has to be taken seriously and the former, which is restricted to the males of the generation, sees him saddle Baron Edouard De Rothschild's TDN Rising Star Alcantor (Fr) (New Bay {GB}). Taking on Julien Dubois and Jean-Philippe Dubois' G3 Prix Francois Boutin winner Grey Man (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), the homebred who looked cut from Classic cloth on his Saint-Cloud debut is unbeaten at seven furlongs or further with his only blip coming over an inadequate six at Chantilly in July.

In the d'Aumale, Mlle Moliere (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) steps up to the plate for De Rothschild and Ecurie Skymarc Farm and the master of Chantilly. She was impressive when doubling her tally in Deauville's 7 1/2-furlong Prix du Mezeray conditions event at last month's festival and is one of five of the seven fillies holding unbeaten records. They include Shadwell's Alshinfarah (Ire) (Noble Mission), who has won at Doncaster and Haydock and accounted for the impressive subsequent winner Remaadd (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) in the latter contest.

Trainer Kevin Philippart De Foy is hoping for a bold show from the half-sibling of the classy Raabihah (Sea The Stars {Ire}) moving up to a mile. “The family stayed much further and her half-sister ran over a mile and a half in the Arc,” he said. “Noble Mission stayed further as well, so I'm not worried about running over a mile and the ground should suit her. She travelled over there well and it will be interesting to see her against a stronger field.”

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Dubawi’s Kubrick Pounces For G3 Prix des Chenes Triumph

White Birch Farm's 2-year-old colt Kubrick (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}–Rosa Bonheur, by Mr. Greeley) backed up a July 24 debut second going seven furlongs at Dieppe with a breakthrough triumph at Deauville last month and continued on the upgrade by turning back a strong Irish challenge in Thursday's G3 Prix des Chenes at ParisLongchamp. The eventual winner employed patient tactics from flagfall and was settled sixth, at the tail of the field, through halfway. Making continued headway under pressure in the home straight, the 31-10 second favourite quickened to gain a slender advantage with 100 metres remaining and was ridden out in the dying embers to assert by a neck from Coolmore and Westerberg's hithero unbeaten Adelaide River (Ire) (Australia {GB}) for a first black-type success.

“He is a nice, uncomplicated horse, we like to see them finish the way he did and it is very promising for the future,” commented trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “He is an easy horse to train, he is easy to ride and a real pleasure to deal with. He could be a horse for next year's French [2000] Guineas, but first we will try to run him in the [G1] Criterium International at Saint-Cloud if all is well with him.”

Kubrick, the seventh of eight foals, becomes the third scorer produced by Listed Prix de la Cochere runner-up Rosa Bonheur (Mr. Greeley), herself a daughter of G2 Prix Robert Papin victrix Rolly Polly (Ire) (Mukaddamah). The April-foaled homebred bay is a half-brother to GI Hollywood Derby, GI Shoemaker Mile and GI Maker's Mark Mile hero Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and a yearling filly by No Nay Never.

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DES CHENES-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-8, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:41.80, sf.
1–KUBRICK (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Rosa Bonheur (SP-Fr), by Mr. Greeley
2nd Dam: Rolly Polly (Ire), by Mukaddamah
3rd Dam: Rare Sound (Ire), by Rarity (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-White Birch Farm (IRE); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, €62,400. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Adelaide River (Ire), 128, c, 2, Australia (GB)–Could It Be Love, by War Front. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (XX). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €16,000.
3–Pivotal Trigger (GB), 128, c, 2, Pivotal (GB)–Allegretto (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (62,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Yuesheng Zhang; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €12,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 2. Odds: 3.10, 1.60, 13.00.
Also Ran: Bolshkinov (Fr), Hayejohn (Fr), Cte d'Escarbagnas (Fr). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

Here's Kubrick! The Dubawi colt shines late on to beat Adelaide River in the Group 3 Prix des Chenes at @paris_longchamp! @CristianDemuro pic.twitter.com/Z74MeDbrrQ

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 8, 2022

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War Front’s Ancient Rome Conquers Chenes Rivals

It's been five years since Andre Fabre sealed a record ninth win in ParisLongchamp's G3 Prix des Chenes and the maestro made it a double-digit tally with Coolmore and Westerberg's Ancient Rome (War Front) in Thursday's latest renewal of the one-mile test. The 4-5 favourite had bettered a June 11 debut second at Compiegne with a July 13 breakthrough score at Deauville and doubled up back at the Normandy venue in an Aug. 10 conditions heat last time. Settled off the clear leader Claim The Crown (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in second after breaking on the lead, he was stirred into action for his challenge passing the quarter-mile marker and quickened clear in style once hitting the front with 300 metres remaining to easily register a career high by two lengths from Scherzo (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Claim The Crown rallied gamely once headed and kept on well to finish a neck further back in third.

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