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Dubawi’s Agave Too Good For Penelope Rivals

Juddmonte's unbeaten 3-year-old filly Agave (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) defeated subsequent Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux victrix Singforthemoment (Ire) (No Nay Never) when graduating over ParisLongchamp's one-mile strip in a Sept. 2 debutantes' heat, her sole juvenile outing, and doubled up in style going 10 furlongs on seasonal return with a three-length tally and a career high in Saint-Cloud's Mar. 10 Listed Prix Rose de Mai last time. Upped in trip once more for Saturday's G3 Prix Penelope back at Saint-Cloud, the May 15 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and June 19 G1 Prix de Diane entry continued her rapid ascent with a snug success in this pointer to the latter Classic. Agave was restrained to race off the pace in sixth after breaking smartly from an outer gate and turned for home in sixth. Making smooth headway out wide in the straight to launch her challenge at the quarter-mile marker, the 3-10 favourite led soon after and was pushed out in the closing stages to comfortably hold the late rattle of G3 Prix des Reservoirs runner-up Queen Trezy (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) by 3/4-of-a-length, extending trainer Andre Fabre's record haul of renewals to nine.

“This filly has improved with every run, she has gone up in class with aplomb every time and we're delighted with this result,” said Juddmonte's on-course representative. “[Jockey] Olivier Peslier remarked that she was not favoured by the lack of pace and thought that he'd moved forward a little soon to avoid being caught for speed. He felt he was always safely in control. Andre Fabre will discuss plans with the family and racing manager Barry Mahon. She's entered in the [May 29 G1 Prix] Saint-Alary [back at ParisLongchamp] and that could be her next target.”

Agave is the second of four foals and lone scorer out of G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix Allez France placegetter Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), herself kin to a trio of black-type performers headed by dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). The February-foaled bay, who becomes the 149th group-race winner for her sire, is a half-sister to the hitherto unraced 2-year-old filly Salient Point (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) and a yearling filly by Study of Man (Ire). Her stakes-winning second dam Concentric (GB) (Sadler's Wells) ran third in the G3 Prix de Flore and is out of G3 Prix de Royaumont victrix Apogee (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}). Descendants of Apogee include MGSW sire Apsis (GB) (Barathea {Ire}), MGSW G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Dance Routine (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and MGISW US champion and sire Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX PENELOPE-G3, €80,000, Saint-Cloud, 4-2, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:18.15, sf.
1–AGAVE (GB), 126, f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Contribution (GB) (MGSP-Fr), by Champs Elysees (GB)
2nd Dam: Concentric (GB), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Apogee (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
1ST GROUP WIN. O-Suc. Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Olivier Peslier. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €81,000. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Queen Trezy (Fr), 126, f, 3, Almanzor (Fr)–Elodie (GB), by Dansili (GB). (€125,000 Ylg '20 ARQSEP). O-Eric Feurtet, Mme Marion le Menestrel & Haras d'Etreham; B-Eric de Chambure & Riviera Equine SARL (FR); T-Carlos & Yann Lerner. €16,000.
3–Anne de Cleves (Fr), 126, f, 3, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Alcandre (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O-Lady Chryss O'Reilly & Baron Edouard de Rothschild (FR); B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd & SC Ecurie de Meautry (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €12,000.
Margins: 3/4, HD, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.30, 6.30, 11.00.
Also Ran: She's Cosmic (GB), Allada (GB), La Mandola (Fr), Welcome Sight (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Megane Peslier Here to Make a Name for Herself

The daughter of one of France's most renowned jockeys and a winner of 23 races, apprentice Megane Peslier seemed poised to have a big year this year in her native country. Instead, she will be riding at Gulfstream Park, hoping to become the latest rising star in the jockey ranks to come out of France.

“It is one of the reasons I came here, if they can be successful I think I can be too,” she said of the trio of Flavien Prat, Julien Leparoux and Florent Geroux. “If I don't believe in myself, I can't do my job.”

Peslier, the 26-year-old daughter of Olivier Peslier, arrived in the U.S. in January. Last week, she announced her intention to remain in Florida and ride there year-round.

“I wanted an experience that is different from Europe,” she said. “It is totally different here. It is a big change. I think this will be good for my career.”

Peslier was born in Franc,e but lived in Argentina with her mother until she was 12. When she returned to France, she didn't speak the language and was fluent only in Spanish. After earning her baccalaureate, she decided to pursue a career as an actress, the reason why she was late to start her riding career.

“I went to Paris to become an actress and I attended acting school,” she said. “I liked it, but it wasn't my passion. My passion was the horses. Being a jockey is easier for me than being an actress because it is my passion.”

After deciding she wanted to be a jockey, she started out slowly, beginning in amateur races in 2017 and won her first race in 2018. Working with trainer David Smaga, she made her professional debut on July 23, 2020 at Longchamp and won with her first mount, Saphirside (Ire) (Elusive City). According to equineline.com, Peslier won 23 races in France from 308 mounts.

Peslier is not the first young European rider to come to Florida for the winter. It can be an important learning experience. But most return to their native countries once the flat season begins in Europe. Not Peslier. She has hired a lawyer and is in the process of obtaining a visa that will allow her to stay.

Her father is on board.

“He said that if I am happy doing this, he is happy,” Peslier said. “He agreed with my decision. The last time I talked to him he said that if I thought this would be good for me, then I should take my chance.”

She started out galloping horses for, among others, Todd Pletcher, and picked up her first mount Feb. 16, finishing seventh in a claiming race. Two mounts later, she finished second in a Mar. 10 maiden claimer, losing by just a neck aboard Blame the Vets (Kitten's Joy) for trainer Michael Mullings. Through Thursday, she had had four mounts.

She has also been working for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and said he has indicated he will be giving her some rides.

“I am very happy here,” she said. “I am learning some new techniques.”

Still eligible for a seven-pound weight allowance, Peslier's hope is that she can break out after Gulfstream's Championship Meet is over, when the competition among jockeys is not quite so fierce.

“The competition will be less then,” she said. “I think that will be a very good thing for me. I am confident I will do well.”

Her father is a former French riding champion, a four-time winner of the GI Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and he won three straight runnings of the GI Breeders' Cup Mile aboard Goldikova (Ire)(Anabaa). That's exactly what his daughter is hoping for, that she can compete at the highest level. She's here to try to make that happen.

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Dubawi’s Agave Too Good For Listed Prix Rose de Mai Rivals

Juddmonte's hitherto unbeaten 3-year-old filly Agave (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) accounted for subsequent Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux victrix Singforthemoment (Ire) (No Nay Never) when breaking through over one mile contesting a Sept. 2 debutantes' heat at ParisLongchamp in her only prior start and lined up for this stakes bow as the 6-5 favourite. Employing patient tactics in rear until turning for home, the May 15 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and June 19 G1 Prix de Diane entry made smooth headway out wide to challenge with 300 metres remaining and quickened in style under mild coaxing in the closing stages to easily outclass Ondulee (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) by three lengths for a career high.

“Agave looked a promising filly when she won first time out at ParisLongchamp last year and the form of that race has proved strong since,” said Juddmonte's on-course representative. “We're delighted with the win today and her jockey [Olivier Peslier] was also delighted with the performance. Andre Fabre will now discuss her future with Barry Mahon and the family and the [Apr. 2 G3] Prix Penelope back here is a logical target.”

Agave is the second of four foals and lone scorer out of G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix Allez France placegetter Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), herself kin to a trio of black-type performers headed by dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). The February-foaled bay is half to a 2-year-old filly by Golden Horn (GB) and a yearling filly by Study of Man (Ire). Her stakes-winning second dam Concentric (GB) (Sadler's Wells) ran third in the G3 Prix de Flore and is out of G3 Prix de Royaumont victrix Apogee (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}). Descendants of Apogee include MGSW sire Apsis (GB) (Barathea {Ire}), MGSW G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Dance Routine (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and MGISW US champion and sire Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

Thursday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX ROSE DE MAI-Listed, €55,000, Saint-Cloud, 3-10, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:08.54, sf.
1–AGAVE (GB), 125, f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Contribution (GB) (MGSP-Fr), by Champs Elysees (GB)
2nd Dam: Concentric (GB), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Apogee (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Suc. Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Olivier Peslier. €27,500. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €41,000.
2–Ondulee (Ire), 125, f, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Wanderina (Ire), by Manduro (Ger). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Christophe Ferland. €11,000.
3–Anne de Cleves (Fr), 125, f, 3, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Alcandre (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. O-Lady Chryss O'Reilly & Baron Edouard de Rothschild (FR); B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd & SC Ecurie de Meautry (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €8,250.
Margins: 3, NK, 2HF. Odds: 1.20, 5.90, 9.00.
Also Ran: La Mandola (Fr), Peshmerga (Ger), Gizala (Ire), Solebay (Fr), Chloe (Fr), Style Beauty (Fr), Lerma (Fr). Scratched: Ermelie (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Mehmas’ Malavath Strikes For Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte Success

Everest Racing, David Redvers and Barbara Keller's 2-year-old filly Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) encountered promising sorts when hitting the board over six furlongs in both August starts at Deauville and graduated in a six-furlong Chantilly maiden last month. Returning over the same course and distance of that breakthrough score for Saturday's G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, the Francis Graffard trainee exhibited late dash to claim a first black-type success with aplomb. The 15-2 chance was swiftly away and tracked the leading duo in third through halfway. Nudged along passing the quarter-mile marker, she inched ever closer thereafter and quickened smartly inside the final furlong to deny the forward-running G3 Prix de Cabourg victrix Have A Good Day (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}) by a neck in the dying strides.

“My main concern beforehand was her ability, or lack thereof, to cope with the soft ground and I was quite apprehensive,” admitted Graffard. “Obviously, I was wrong and am delighted for the owners, the filly and my team. It really is a great result. I have always been high on her and her form was excellent. She doesn't show much in the mornings at home, but from day one she has been a different proposition in the afternoons. I don't think she will stay a mile, maybe seven furlongs, but if she is only a top six-furlong filly that's fine with me. We will see how she winters and, on looks, I have the feeling that she will train on. We will start off [next year], probably over the same [six-furlong] trip, and we'll see where we go from there.”

Malavath, the first of three foals, becomes the ninth pattern-race winner for her second-crop sire and is a daughter of Fidaaha (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), herself a full-sister to the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial S. victrix Ceisteach (Ire). Fidaaha is also half to MSW G1 Prix Rothschild and G1 Prix Jean Romanet placegetter Steip Amach (Ire) (Vocalised). The March-foaled chestnut's third dam Sharafanya (Ire) (Zafonic) is kin to G2 Goldene Peitsche victor Giant Sandman (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) and Listed Harvest S. placegetter Shalamantika (Ire) (Nashwan), herself the dam of G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Shalanaya (Ire) (Lomitas {GB}) and G2 Prix Chaudeay winner Shankardeh (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}). Malavath's G3 Prix Minerve-winning fourth dam Sharamana (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) is a half-sister to G1 Epsom Derby, G1 Irish Derby and G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. hero Shergar (GB) (Great Nephew {GB}). Fidaaha has a yearling full-brother to Malavath and a weanling filly by Cotai Glory (GB) to come.

Saturday, Chantilly, France
CRITERIUM DE MAISONS-LAFFITTE-G2, €190,000, Chantilly, 10-9, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.11, vsf.
1–MALAVATH (IRE), 125, f, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Fidaaha (Ire), by New Approach (Ire)
2nd Dam: Ceist Eile (Ire), by Noverre
3rd Dam: Sharafanya (Ire), by Zafonic
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (£29,000 Ylg '20 GOUKPR; £120,000 2yo '21 ARQMAY). O-Everest Racing, David Redvers & Mme Barbara M Keller; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Olivier Peslier. €108,300. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, €131,250. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Have A Good Day (Ire), 125, f, 2, Adaay (Ire)–Black Meyeden (Fr), by Black Minnaloushe. O-Mme Theresa Marnane; B-Michael Phelan (IRE); T-Florian Guyader. €41,800.
3–Desert Dreamer (GB), 125, f, 2, Oasis Dream (GB)–Pure Innocence (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). (20,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-J W Parry & Mrs C Shekells; B-Branton Court Stud (GB); T-Stuart Williams. €19,950.
Margins: NK, 3/4, SNK. Odds: 7.50, 7.90, 2.20.
Also Ran: Best Flying (Fr), Dizzy Bizu (Ire), Gis A Sub (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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