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Kendargent’s Skalleti Annexes Munich Feature in Style

Jean-Claude Seroul's highly dependable 6-year-old grey Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) posted a career best in ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix d'Ispahan when last seen at the end of May and doubled his elite-level tally with an impressive five-length triumph in Sunday's G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen over 10 furlongs at Munich. Last term's G1 Champion S. runner-up had also annexed this term's G3 Prix Exbury and G2 Prix d'Harcourt in an unbeaten start to the campaign and was sent postward as the heavily supported 3-10 favourite to continue that trend. Skalleti adopted his usual hold-up tactics from the break and settled last of the six nominees as last term's G3 Preis der Deutschen Einheit victrix Tabera (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}) established a clear lead by halfway. Stirred into action by Gerald Mosse off the home turn, he displayed a smart turn of foot to go second inside the quarter-mile marker and opened up in style once sweeping by the wilting Tabera entering the final furlong to easily outclass last term's G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin fourth Grocer Jack (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}) by daylight. Last term's G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen winner No Limit Credit (Ger) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) was another to swamp Tabera in the closing stages and stayed on from off the pace to finish a neck back in third.

“It is always difficult to remain patient when waiting at the back, but I had just the horse for the job and was able to pick the right time to go,” said Gerald Mosse. “I was comfortable with the leader going clear because my main objective was to remain in touch and not to have to ask him for too much by being too far back. He's a great horse, I knew we'd get there and he didn't have to push himself to do so. It's a great team effort, we keep winning big races and I'm more than happy.”

Winning trainer Jerome Reynier added, “We have sent more horses to Germany this year, without being able to win any races yet, and we are so happy to win our first one in this great, prestigious race. Skalleti struggled to come back after everything went wrong in Hong Kong last year and we were not expecting such a comeback in the [G3] Prix Exbury in March. He has been impressive ever since, that's his second victory at the highest level and he's a very special horse for all of us.” Looking ahead to a second attempt at Ascot's Oct. 16 G1 Champion S., Reynier continued, “Now we have to take the right decisions to bring him spot on for the Champion S. in mid-October in England, but we're not sure if we're going to use the [Oct. 2 G2] Prix Dollar, which is only two weeks prior to the race, first. We did that last year and he finished first in the Dollar and second in the Champion.”

Skalleti, recording his ninth pattern-race victory here, is the second foal bred from MGSP Listed Prix Occitanie victrix Skallet (Fr) (Muhaymin). He is a full-brother to this year's G2 Prix Vicomtesse de Vigier winner Skazino (Fr), Listed Prix du Ranelagh placegetter Skalleto (Fr) and the hitherto unraced 2-year-old colt Skalli (GB). Skallet is the leading performer out of Listed Le Vase d'Argent runner-up Siran (Fr) (R.B. Chesne {GB}), herself kin to Listed Derby du Languedoc victor Percent Premium (Fr) (Johann Quatz {Fr}). Skalleti's fourth dam La Manouche (Margouillat {Fr}) is kin to the stakes-winning Mousseline de Soie (Fr) (Riverman), herself the dam of three black-type winners headed by stakes-winning G2 Grosser Hertie-Preis von Deutschland runner-up Silk Stage (Stage Door Johnny) and whose descendants include Listed Woodlawn S. victor Termsofengagement (Private Terms).

Sunday, Munich, Germany
GROSSER DALLMAYR-PREIS – BAYERISCHES ZUCHTRENNEN-G1, €100,000, Munich, 7-25, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:07.75, g/s.
1–SKALLETI (FR), 132, g, 6, by Kendargent (Fr)
1st Dam: Skallet (Fr) (SW & MGSP-Fr, $181,946), by Muhaymin
2nd Dam: Siran (Fr), by R. B. Chesne (GB)
3rd Dam: Surubinha (Fr), by Solicitor (Fr)
(€85,000 Ylg '16 ARAUG). O-Jean-Claude Seroul; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Jerome Reynier; J-Gerald Mosse. €60,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, GSW-Ity & G1SP-Eng, 21-16-1-2, €1,013,450. *Full to Skazino (Fr), MGSW-Fr, $373,658; and Skalleto (Fr), SP-Fr, $237,077. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Grocer Jack (Ger), 132, c, 4, Oasis Dream (GB)–Good Donna (Ger), by Doyen (Ire). (€85,000 RNA Ylg '18 BBAGS). O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €21,000.
3–No Limit Credit (Ger), 129, f, 4, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Nasrine (Ire), by Barathea (Ire). (€32,000 RNA Ylg '18 BBAGS). O-Jurgen Sartori; B-Gestut Karlshof (GER); T-Andreas Suborics. €11,000.
Margins: 5, NK, 3/4. Odds: 0.30, 6.10, 15.30.
Also Ran: Lord Charming (Ger), Tabera (GB), Mythico (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Skalleti On The Prowl Sunday

Munich's G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen is the sole pattern-race action in Europe on Sunday and it should be a procession for France's star Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) provided all goes to plan. Successful in the Mar. 21 G3 Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud and ParisLongchamp's Prix d'Harcourt Apr. 11 and G1 Prix d'Ispahan May 30, Jean-Claude Seroul's 6-year-old continues his march towards the G1 Champion S. in which he was runner-up in October. Of the home contingent, Dr Christoph Berglar's May 2 G3 Premio Ambrosiano winner Grocer Jack (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}) sets the standard but he has ground to make up on Skalleti based on his second to the Prix d'Ispahan fourth Wally (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the G2 Gran Premio di Milano at the San Siro last time June 27. Of the two 3-year-olds, Stall TMB's Mythico (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}) boasts Classic-winning form having conquered the G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen or German 2000 Guineas at Cologne May 24.

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Skalleti Takes The Prix d’Ispahan

He left it late, but Jean-Claude Seroul's Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) was in front where it mattered in Sunday's G1 Prix d'Ispahan at ParisLongchamp. Positioned at the tail of the field early by Gerald Mosse, the 7-10 favourite needed every metre of the trip to reel in Tilsit (First Defence) and win on the bobber by a head as My Oberon (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) finished a short neck behind in third. The Revenant (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was a non-runner.

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Big Clash At ParisLongchamp

Sunday's G1 Prix d'Ispahan at ParisLongchamp sees two of France's big names Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) and The Revenant (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) go head-to-head over the unique intermediate trip of nine furlongs 55 yards. While Skalleti has yet to strike at this exalted level despite holding the enviable tally of seven group-race wins, his compatriot has won one of the most prestigious of them all in Ascot's G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. in October. Disappointing so far this term, Al Asayl France's The Revenant could have been forgiven for his return third to Wally (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the G3 Prix Edmond Blanc at Saint-Cloud Apr. 3 but there is no denying that he was below-par when subsequently fourth in the G2 Prix du Muguet over the same course and distance at the start of the month. Contrastingly, Skalleti has continued on his relentless quest to garner as many of his nation's pattern races as he can manage and comes here on the back of a defeat of the subsequent impressive G1 Prix Ganay winner Mare Australis (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in this venue's 10-furlong G2 Prix d'Harcourt Apr. 11.

Skalleti's trainer Jerome Reynier already has his eye on going one better than last year's second in the G1 Qipco Champion S. and said, “We felt running him in the Ganay a few weeks after the d'Harcourt was probably too much, so we've been kind on him and decided we'd go straight to the d'Ispahan with a bit of freshness. The distance is on the short side and the ground will be on the firm side for him, but we can't really expect much softer ground at this time of the year. The race that would have been best for him is the [G1] Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh, but logistically it was impossible to travel the horse to Ireland with the staff and everything, so we decided we'd stay at home and we're hoping for the best on Sunday. His target for 2021 is definitely the Champion Stakes–we'll try to get our revenge on Addeybb.”

Francis-Henri Graffard said of The Revenant, “He's in good shape. Nine furlongs is a step up in trip for him and hopefully it does not dry too much–I hope the ground will not be too firm for him. The softer the better for him, so we'll see. He's in very good form and very happy. The [G1] Queen Anne [at Royal Ascot June 15] is an option if the ground is suitable.”

Away from the main pair, TDN Rising Star Victor Ludorum (GB) (Shamardal) is impossible to rule out of the equation given that he is a G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner who was set some stiff tasks in 2020. Third on his comeback in the Muguet, Godolphin's classy performer could benefit from the step up from a mile but will certainly strip fitter for his reintroduction according to the operation's Lisa-Jane Graffard. “Victor Ludorum very much needed his run in the Prix du Muguet and came on for his first appearance of the year,” she said. “It's not impossible that he may need this run as well and could improve again for it. He won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on soft ground, but we feel that a horse with his turn of foot is better suited to quicker conditions as he showed in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. If the ground is holding, it could be a slight question mark for him, but he is in good form.”

Interestingly, the Muguet winner Duhail (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) is asked to race under a penalty dropping back for the seven-furlong G3 Prix du Palais-Royal on the same card. Apparently G1 Sussex S.-bound, Al Shaqab Racing's improving 5-year-old has shown abundant speed in the past and will have no problem with this shorter trip. A taller order will be whether the Andre Fabre trainee can give four pounds to Jean-Claude Seroul's Marianafoot (Fr) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) who is on a streak having made Chantilly's Listed Prix Servanne his fourth straight win and fifth in his last six over six furlongs last time Apr. 26. Duhail also has seven pounds to concede to Rashit Shaykhutdinov's 2020 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches runner-up Speak of the Devil (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who was last seen winning over this course and distance in the Listed Prix de Saint-Cyr in October.

Dusseldorf host the G2 German 1000 Guineas, where Godolphin's Sky Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) bids to take the prize back to France for the Henri-Alex Pantall stable. Runner-up in the G3 Prix Imprudence over seven furlongs on her return at Deauville Apr. 8, she was fourth tackling this mile in the Listed Prix des Lilas at Chantilly May 11. “Sky Angel ran very well in the Prix Imprudence and her latest performance looks another good effort, with the winner that day having previously beaten this year's Pouliches scorer Coeursamba,” Godolphin's Lisa-Jane Graffard commented. Of the home team, Gestut Auenquelle's Reine d'Amour (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is a key protagonist on her success in Baden-Baden's G3 Zukunftsrennen in September and defeat of Gestut Brummerhof's Libre (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the course-and-distance Listed Henkel-Stutenpreis May 8. Others in the mix are the May 2 G3 Karin Baronin von Ullmann Schwarzgold-Rennen one-two Belcarra (Ire) (Estidhkaar {Ire}) and Wismar (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). The G2 Grosser Aengevelt Immobilien-Preis Badener Meile sees the return of Sabine Goldberg's unbeaten G3 Prix Perth scorer Jin Jin (Ire) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) as she encounters last year's German 1000 Guineas heroine Lancade (GB) (Areion {Ger}) and co.

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