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Raabihah Supreme in Prix de Pomone Triumph

Shadwell's 4-year-old distaffer Raabihah (Sea the Stars {Ire}), unsuccessful in five outings since annexing last term's G3 Prix de Psyche at Deauville, rebounded off three second-place efforts this year and produced a telling burst at the end of Sunday's G2 Darley Prix de Pomone to register an impressive score upon her return to the Normandy venue. The contest was delayed by an excessive hold in the gates while a replacement battery was installed a failed break and the homebred chestnut was positioned in a stalking fourth for the most part. Quickening smartly in the centre of the track to seize control from the pacesetting Mystery Angel (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) with 300 metres remaining, the 29-10 third choice quickened again once in front and surged clear to easily account for Joie de Soir (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) by 2 1/2 lengths. Valia (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) was left standing at the delayed break and made strong late headway to finish a short neck shy of second.

Raabihah's run of five defeats included a second in last term's G1 Prix Vermeille and a fifth in ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, with this year's renewals of both contests now back on the radar, and a run of three seconds in May 2 G3 Prix Allex France back at the Bois de Boulogne venue, Saint-Cloud's May 26 G2 Prix Corrida and Clairefontaine's Aug. 1 Listed Prix du Pays d'Auge leading up to this redemption.

“With regard to her performances this year, I think she lacked a bit of her old sparkle,” reflected trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “If you go back to last year she started her season very early at Cagnes-sur-Mer and ended in the Arc so it was a very long campaign. She had to pay for it at some point, it took its toll in the spring and she earned her little break at the beginning of the summer. She is obviously now back to her best and in time for the major races in the autumn. I didn't hesitate to nominate this race, rather than go for the [G1] Prix Jean Romanet because I feel this longer trip suits her much better. I don't know for certain which race she will go for next, but it could be the [Sept X G1] Prix Vermeille [back at ParisLongchamp].”

Raabihah, one of two winners and the leading performer produced by Garmoosha (Kingmambo), is a half-sister to Listed Wait A While S. placegetter Filfila (Kitten's Joy), the unraced 2-year-old filly Rihaaf (Kitten's Joy), a yearling filly by More Than Ready and a weanling filly by Noble Mission (GB). Her dam is an unraced half to G1 Fillies' Mile third Firdaws (Mr. Greeley) out of G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain), who in turn is a daughter of MG1SW G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Midway Lady (Alleged). The latter also produced G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Umniyatee (GB) (Green Desert) and G3 Princess Royal S. victrix Itnab (GB) (Green Desert), who in turn is the dam of stakes-winning G3 Al Shindagha Sprint runner-up Alazeyab (El Prado {Ire}) and Peruvian Group 3 placegetter Madera de Guerrero (Street Cry {Ire}). Descendants of Umniyatee include Argentina's G1 Presidente da Republica victor Maltes (Brz) (Red Runner).

Sunday, Deauville, France
DARLEY PRIX DE POMONE-G2, €130,000, Deauville, 8-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 12 1/2fT, 2:43.46, g/s.
1–RAABIHAH, 130, f, 4, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Garmoosha, by Kingmambo
2nd Dam: Eswarah (GB), by Unfuwain
3rd Dam: Midway Lady, by Alleged
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC (KY); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €74,100. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 10-4-4-0, €419,962. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Joie de Soir (Ire), 121, f, 3, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Highest Ever (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore Stud (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €28,600.
3–Valia (Fr), 130, f, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Veda (Fr), by Dansili (GB). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre. €13,650.
Margins: 2HF, SNK, 5. Odds: 2.90, 2.20, 2.00.
Also Ran: Silence Please (Ire), Katara (Fr), Mystery Angel (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Ectot’s Good Too A New Rising Star at Deauville

Following on from a flurry of Rising Star awards in Ireland and Stateside overnight, Al Shaqab Racing's 2-year-old colt Good Too (Fr) (Ectot {GB}) joined the esteemed ranks with an impressive performance in Sunday's Prix de Montaigu at Deauville. Steadied off the pace in fifth after a sharp getaway in this one-mile newcomers' test, the 17-10 favourite made eyecatching headway on the bridle in the straight to challenge out wide with 300 metres remaining and displayed an impressive turn of foot once taking control at the furlong marker to easily outclass Yoozuna (Ire) (Kizuna {Jpn}) by 2 1/2 lengths in taking fashion, becoming the second winner for his freshman sire (by Hurricane Run {Ire}).

“We've been thinking, for quite some time, that this is a very nice horse,” said trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “He had been working extremely well and he won that very nicely indeed. I feel he has great potential and, as I usually do, he will be lightly raced this year. He may have one or two more starts this year to give him some additional experience.”

Good Too, a half-brother to Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles runner-up Nunzia (Fr) (Epaulette {Aus}), is the second of two foals produced by Netsuke (Ire) (Aragorn {Ire}), herself a dual-winning full-sister to G2 Duque de Caxias victrix and G1 Organizacao Sulamericana de Fomento ao Puro Sangue de Corrida runner-up Notting Tomorrow. Notting Tomorrow, in turn, is the dam of G1 Matias Machline hero Jackson Pollock (Brz) (Kodiak Cowboy). The April-foaled bay's second dam is MGSW GI John C. Mabee H. and G1 Grande Premio Linneo de Paula Machado placegetter Notting Hill (Brz) (Jules), herself kin to G3 Grande Premio Adhemar de Faria e Roberto Gabizo de Faria victor Prince of Wales (Brz) (Ghadeer {Fr}) and Listed Octavio du Pont winner L'Escapade (Brz) (Aksar). The latter has four black-type winners to her credit, headed by G3 Grande Premio Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro victor and G1 Gran Premio Latinoamericano runner-up Leao de Prata (Brz) (Crimson Tide {Ire}).

1st-Deauville, €27,000, Mdn, 8-22, unraced 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:46.39, g/s.
GOOD TOO (FR), c, 2, by Ectot (GB)
1st Dam: Netsuke (Ire), by Aragorn (Ire)
2nd Dam: Notting Hill (Brz), by Jules
3rd Dam: Light Lida, by Alleged
1ST-TIME STARTER. (€42,000 RNA Wlg '19 ARDEC; €55,000 Ylg '20 AROCT). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Mme Elisabeth Ribard (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Zoffany Filly Earns TDN Rising Star Tag at Deauville

Carrying Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani's second strip for Tuesday's Prix Le Cyrano at Deauville, 2-year-old filly Osmose (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}) was very much the lead violin coming home and powered to 'TDN Rising Stardom' with a taking performance in the 6 1/2-furlong debutantes' heat. The well-backed 2-1 favourite was sharply into stride and stalked the pace in third through halfway. Looming large full of run passing the quarter-mile marker, she seized control with 300 metres remaining and powered clear in hand inside the final furlong to easily outpoint Enfant Rouge (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}) by a geared-down two lengths.

“She broke alertly and was a bit keen in the early strides, but I was able to get some cover and she relaxed beautifully,” said winning rider Cristian Demuro. “She quickened nicely when I took her out with 2 1/2 furlongs to go and, when she found her best stride, she was very impressive. She needs more experience, but will get that with racing and she should stay the one-mile trip easily.”

Osmose is the second of four foals and first winner produced by an unraced half-sister to MGISW dual US champion Unique Bella (Tapit), whose three elite-level victories came in the GI La Brea S., GI Clement L. Hirsch S. and GI Beholder Mile. The March-foaled homebred bay's second dam is GI Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic heroine Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled's Song), herself a daughter of GII Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup H. and GII Princess S. victrix Queenie Belle (Bertrando). Osmose is half to a yearling filly by Showcasing (GB) and a weanling colt by Wootton Bassett (GB).

3rd-Deauville, €27,000, Mdn, 8-17, unraced 2yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 1:18.85, gd.
OSMOSE (FR), f, 2, by Zoffany (Ire)
1st Dam: Meseika, by Medaglia d'Oro
2nd Dam: Unrivaled Belle, by Unbridled's Song
3rd Dam: Queenie Belle, by Bertrando
1ST-TIME STARTER. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. O-H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani; B-Al Shahania Stud (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Shock In The Pouliches As The Wow Signal’s Coeursamba Strikes

Entering Sunday's G1 Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches with plenty of black-type experience but without a win in that sphere, Abdullah bin Fahad Al Attiyah's Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}) was just saving her best for the big time as Cristian Demuro launched her to overhaul Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in a thriller. Prepping for this ParisLongchamp Classic with a third placing in a course-and-distance conditions event Apr. 22, the bay whose best 2-year-old form had involved third placings in the G3 Prix Six Perfections at Deauville in August and in the G3 Prix d'Aumale here the following month had the perfect trip throughout covered up halfway down the pack against the fence. Angled out as the G1 1000 Guineas winner was thrust to the fore, the 37-1 shot surged by that 17-10 favourite 100 metres from the line and on to a 1 1/4-length success, with the Ballydoyle runner a short neck ahead of an even bigger longshot Kennella (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in third. The winner, who was providing Jean-Claude Rouget with a fifth renewal, had to survive an inquiry into possible interference but the result was left to stand. “She had raced a lot last year and spent quite a long time on the farm this winter, so I didn't want to rush her back too early,” her trainer explained. “She raced with the instructions to the jockey not to give her a hard race last time and since then had come on a lot. You never know in these Classics, but I thought she was in great form. She got a great trip on the inside and saved ground, then quickened twice like all the good horses do.”

French dominance of this Classic remains very healthy, with this win being a remarkable 18th from the last 19 for the domestic fillies. Coeursamba had been out early last term, finishing third on her introduction over six furlongs at Lyon Parilly in May before beating the subsequent G3 Prix de Cabourg runner-up Jubilation (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and G3 Prix d'Arenberg scorer Kalahara (GB) (Frankel {GB}) over that trip at Saint-Cloud the following month. Third behind See the Rose (Ire) (Kendargent {Fr}) in the Six Perfections upped to seven and to King's Harlequin (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) trying this trip in the Prix d'Aumale, she was fifth in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac here the day after being sold for €400,000 at the Arqana Arc Sale. Signing off last term with a fourth to Lullaby Moon (GB) (Belardo {Ire}) reverting to seven for the G3 Prix Miesque at Chantilly, she still looked a fair way off Classic-winning standard when third to the subsequent Listed Prix des Lilas winner Tahlie (Fr) (Rio de la Plata) here last time.

When asked by the interviewer in the immediate aftermath what he believed had made the difference from the Prix du Louvre to this Classic, Cristian Demuro simply replied, “I think Jean-Claude Rouget made the difference!” The trainer in question was intent on sticking to a mile with the winner, with the 10 1/2-furlong G1 Prix de Diane immediately ruled out of the equation. “She will definitely not run in the Diane, as she won't stay,” he said. “She is not entered in the [G1] Coronation Stakes [at Royal Ascot June 18] with all the travel restrictions and Covid-19. I didn't enter any horse. There is the [G1] Prix Rothschild, or she can run in the [G1] Prix Jean Prat against the colts, or we could supplement for the Coronation.”

The 96-1 shot Kennella's trainer Nicolas Caullery was sadding his first runner at group 1 level and said of the third, “We came hoping for a place and I would have been very happy to take third before the off. This was her first time running over 1600 metres, but she is such a valiant, brave and kind filly. She came into the race in great condition; she worked with [the Listed Prix Maurice Caillault winner and G3 Prix de Guiche third] Fort Payne and she is just behind him. In the [G3 Prix] Imprudence, she was a bit unlucky in running but she finished with a magnificent action–in another stride she was third and with a bit more luck, not far from the winner. It's not necessarily a bad thing to have a quiet prep rather than a hard race. I am delighted for her connections, it's a story of great friendship. They have been very loyal and I also have her 2-year-old sister in training. She's a really nice filly.”

Bought for €24,000 as a foal at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale, Coeursamba was snapped up by Rouget for €40,000 at the v.2 Yearlings Sale before Jean-Louis Tepper let her go at the Arc Sale. Her dam Marechale (Fr) (Anabaa), who has also produced the Listed Prix Zarkava-placed Lady Sidney (Fr) (Mr. Sidney), is a full-sister to the triple listed-winning and G2 Prix du Muguet third Maxwell (Fr) and granddaughter of Mother of Pearl (Fr) (Sir Gaylord) who ran second in the G3 Prix de la Grotte. This is the dam line of the G1 Prix de Diane-winning champion Fine Pearl (Fr) (Fine Top {Fr}). Marechale's as-yet unnamed 2-year-old colt is by Olympic Glory (Ire).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
EMIRATES POULE D'ESSAI DES POULICHES-G1, €500,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-16, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:39.28, vsf.
1–COEURSAMBA (FR), 126, f, 3, by The Wow Signal (Ire)
1st Dam: Marechale (Fr), by Anabaa
2nd Dam: Malaisie, by Bering (GB)
3rd Dam: Mother of Pearl (Fr), by Sir Gaylord
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€24,000 Wlg '18 ARQDEC; €40,000 Ylg '19 ARAUG; €400,000 HRA '20 ARQARC). O-Abdullah bin Fahad Al-Attiyah; B-Mlle Julie Mestrallet, Mme Francine Mestrallet & Mme Agathe Cousin Mestrallet (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €285,700. Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-4, €339,636. *1/2 to Lady Sidney (Fr) (Mr. Sidney), SP-Fr, $346,223. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mother Earth (Ire), 126, f, 3, Zoffany (Ire)–Many Colours (GB), by Green Desert. (€150,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Grenane House Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €114,300.
3–Kennella (Fr), 126, f, 3, Kendargent (Fr)–Ella Diva (Fr), by Heliostatic (Ire). O-Derek Ronald Lodge; B-Gaec Campos (FR); T-Nicolas Caullery. €57,150.
Margins: 1 1/4, SNK, HD. Odds: 37.50, 1.70, 96.00.
Also Ran: Sweet Lady (Fr), See the Rose (Ire), Philomene (Ire), Stardevote (Ire), Rougir (Fr), King's Harlequin (Ire), Silvestri (Fr), Lullaby Moon (GB), Tiger Tanaka (Ire), Reina Madre (Ire). Scratched: Miss Amulet (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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