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Freddy Head To Retire At The End Of 2022

French trainer Freddy Head will retire from training at the end of the year, Jour de Galop reported on Saturday. Best known during his training years as the trainer of the 14-time Group 1 winner Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), Head also celebrated top-level success with Marchand d'Or (Fr) (Marchand De Sable), Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef), and Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), among others. He was also the first person to ever win a Breeders' Cup race as a jockey and a trainer, aboard Miesque (Kingmambo) in the 1987/88 GI Breeders' Cup Mile and as a trainer with Goldikova in that same race from 2008-2010.

Prior to his training career which started in 1997, Head was a celebrated French champion jockey, with wins spanning all of the French Classics, a G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and both the colts' and fillies' Guineas in Newmarket.

“I won my first race at 16 and during all these years, I almost never stopped,” the 75-year-old told Jour de Galop. “It's time for me to take some rest and enjoy.”

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Uncle Mo Filly Professional In Saratoga Turf Unveiling

2nd-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-14, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.18, fm, 1 3/4 lengths.
MOMA (f, 2, Uncle Mo–Discreet Moon {GB}, by Malibu Moon) muscled her way between horses like a seasoned runner to kick clear for conditioner Todd Pletcher and owner/breeders Wertheimer and Frere. Squeezed slightly at the break when rivals came in on her, she tracked contentedly from the rear of the field with only two others beaten going into the first turn. Saving ground as pacesetters put up :23.56 and :48.35 fractions up the backstretch, she cut the final corner into third as the field fanned out and took aim on the leaders. Splitting them effortlessly, Moma kicked clear and came home best by open lengths despite a slight bobble in the final yards. Root Cause (Into Mischief) came on well for second. Moma is out of a French-raced half to GISW Awesome Maria (Maria's Mon). She has a yearling half-sister Mooncurl (Curlin) and Discreet Moon visited Good Magic for 2023. The third dam is GI Alabama victress Pretty Discreet (Private Account), who produced GISW, track record-setter Discreet Cat (Forestry) and MGISP Pretty Wild (Wild Again). MGSP Courtesan (Street Sense) also makes an appearance beneath that third dam. “She really did have a nice kick turning for home. She didn't jump well, which actually worked to our benefit…I loved the way she kicked on in the last part,” said Pletcher post-race. “She'd been training well on dirt, but bottomed out a bit. She gave us a bit of a turf impression when we put her on the grass. It's pretty obvious she moved forward on it.” Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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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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Daughter of Treve Unveiled at Saint-Cloud

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features daughters of Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) and Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa).
2.20 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €27,000, 3yo, f, 8fT
PARIS (FR) (Shalaa {Ire}), the second foal and the first filly out of the remarkable dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), starts out holding an entry in the G1 Prix de Diane which acted as the launchpad for her famous dam. Andre Fabre has charge of the March-foaled Al Shaqab homebred, whose 13 peers include another daughter of a true French legend in the Wertheimers' Goldistyle (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the fifth progeny out of Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) and therefore a half-sister to the G3 Prix Cleopatre winner and Prix de Diane third Terrakova (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who debuts for the Carlos Laffon-Parias stable. Also in the mix is Forbidden (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), LNJ Foxwoods' €650,000 purchase at the 2019 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale, an Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained half-sister to the GII Sheepshead Bay S. runner-up Lottie (Arch).

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