Ganay Triumph For Australia’s Mare Australis

There was more Boudot magic at ParisLongchamp on Sunday as “PC” made all to draw the sting from all rivals and land the G1 Prix Ganay with the rapid improver Mare Australis (Ire) (Australia {GB}). Always highly-regarded and now an entirely different proposition from the greenhorn of last summer, Gestut Schlenderhan's homebred had offered a glimpse of what was to come when second on his return to Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in the 10-furlong G2 Prix d'Harcourt at this venue Apr. 11. Asked a new question by his rider on this sternest test of his ability so far, the 5-2 second favourite responded by stretching every rival including Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) who was in closest attendance. When he kicked in early straight, he turned the screw too tight on Ballydoyle's 9-5 market-leader raider and kept galloping true to the line to beat the emergent Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}) by 1 3/4 lengths. Providing Andre Fabre with a seventh renewal of this prestige event, he offered proof of his talent by gapping the eventual third Mogul by 3 1/2 lengths in total. “He's always been a nice horse, but he's needed a lot of time as he was very immature,” Fabre explained. “He's coming around now and had run a very good race in the Harcourt. He won really nicely today and I'll keep him in France and maybe go for the [G1] Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. I don't know yet, but his target will be the Arc later in the season.”

One of a clutch of Schlenderhan horses sent to France at the end of 2019 along with the now-famous In Swoop (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) and talented Alson (Ger) (Areion {Ger}), Mare Australis had beaten the subsequent group 2 winner Zamrud (Ger) (Samum {Ger}) on his sole start at two for the Jean-Pierre Carvalho stable at Munich. In deep on his debut for this stable when fourth behind the smart Port Guillaume (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Gold Trip and Dawn Intello (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) in a 10 1/2-furlong conditions race at Saint-Cloud last May, he made heavy weather of winning the 12-furlong Listed Prix de l'Avre at Chantilly the following month. Not seen again until finishing second to the Irish revelation Baron Samedi (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) in the G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris over 11 furlongs here in October, the bay was no match for the still-underestimated Skalleti in the Prix d'Harcourt but again demonstrated that he finds plenty for pressure. With Fabre having worked the oracle in the interim, he looked a ready-made Arc challenger here after that fine-tuning process. The solid marker Gold Trip was just over two lengths behind Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the autumn showpiece, so Mare Australis is already comfortably in the vicinity when it comes to that target.

Mare Australis is the last known foal out of the triple listed-placed Miramare (Ger) (Rainbow Quest), a daughter of the German listed scorer Minaccia (Ger) (Platini {Ger}). She in turn produced five black-type performers headed by the G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix Allez France winner Macleya (Ger) (Winged Love {Ire}) and the G3 Prix de Barbeville scorer Montclair (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). She is also the second dam of this stable's Listed Prix de Pontarme winner and G2 Prix du Muguet third Mer et Nuages (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and the GII Fort Marcy S. winner Tribhuvan (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}). The fourth dam is the dual Classic-winning German champion Majoritat (Ger) (Konigsstuhl {Ger}), a close relative of the great Monsun (Ger) whose list of descendants feature the G1 Japanese Derby hero Eishin Flash (Jpn) (King's Best).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX GANAY-G1, €300,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-2, 4yo/up, 10 1/2fT, 2:11.62, g/s.
1–MARE AUSTRALIS (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Australia (GB)
1st Dam: Miramare (Ger) (MSP-Ger), by Rainbow Quest
2nd Dam: Minaccia (Gee), by Platini (Ger)
3rd Dam: Maji (GB), by Shareef Dancer
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Gestut Schlenderhan; B-Stall Ullmann (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €171,420. Lifetime Record: 6-3-2-0, €249,204. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Gold Trip (Fr), 128, c, 4, Outstrip (GB)–Sarvana (Fr), by Dubai Destination. (€60,000 Ylg '18 ARAUG). O-Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard; B-Michel Monfort (FR); T-Fabrice Chappet. €68,580.
3–Mogul (GB), 128, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Shastye (Ire), by Danehill. (3,400,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Aidan O'Brien. €34,290.
Margins: 1 3/4, 1 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 2.50, 10.00, 1.80.
Also Ran: Monty (Fr), Ecrivain (Fr), Magny Cours, Wonderful Moon (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Adlerflug’s In Swoop Pounces For Deutsches Derby Glory

Stall Wasserfreunde’s domestic star Wonderful Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) was eclipsed, but Gestut Schlenderhan’s homebred In Swoop (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) stepped into the spotlight with a battling success in Sunday’s G1 Idee 151st Deutsches Derby at Hamburg, with the Francis-Henri Graffard trainee becoming France’s first winner of Germany’s Blue Riband. Employing patient tactics in rear off the tempo set by habitual frontrunner Kellahen (Ger) (Wiesenpfad {Fr}) for the most part, the 137-10 chance was under stern urging turning for home and kept on relentlessly for continued rousting in the straight to hit the front with just 50 yards remaining en route to a 3/4-of-a-length verdict from Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). Grocer Jack (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who was threatened on all sides once setting sail for home inside the final quarter mile, kept on to finish the same margin back in third. The Henk Grewe-trained 2-1 favourite Wonderful Moon came from off the pace to threaten out wide in the straight, but faded late to finish just over three lengths off the winner in sixth.

In Swoop, who went untested as a juvenile, followed up a May 15 debut success tackling 11 furlongs at Lyon-Parilly with a third back over that strip in the June 6 G2 Prix Greffulhe in his only other start last time and franked Gestut Schlenderhan’s policy of spreading its talent further afield after an extensive overhaul of operations. Having emerged from tumultuous times and fresh from its own 150th anniversary in tandem with this contest itself last year, the stud extended its imposing record haul to 19 and, with Graffard at the helm of this project, a landmark win for France.

“He was a horse with little experience going into the race, but had improved quite a lot from the Greffulhe,” explained the Chantilly-based conditioner. “Ronan [Thomas] gave him a beautiful ride and it went exactly as we had planned, which was to avoid all the scrimmaging in the race. I knew he would quicken well from the top of the straight and I’m sure he will improve more. There is nothing for him now until September and the G1 Grand Prix de Paris, so we will bring him back for that.” The winning rider, celebrating a career high of his own, added, “We knew there’d be some pace beforehand so we decided it would be best to give him a chance to find his own rhythm. As expected, it was fast and that’s what he did. I started to get an idea where to go on the final bend and down the middle was the best way home. He can be a little bit lazy at times, but he’s a big baby who only started his season two months’ ago. He’s still learning, he hasn’t finished improving and I think he will get better race by race.”

In Swoop marks the fourth Group 1 and first Deutsches Derby winner for his sire (by In the Wings {GB}). Kin to a 2-year-old filly by Australia (GB), he is the third pattern-race winner produced by G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Iota (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), who is also the dam of In Swoop’s G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern-winning full-brother Ito (Ger) and G3 Ssangyong Counties Cup victress Igraine (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}). Iota is herself kin to G3 Grand Prix Premiere Aufgalopp victor Illo (Ger), G1 Preis von Europa placegetter Ioannina (GB) (Rainbow Quest) and to the dam of last year’s G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft victor Itobo (Ger) (Areion {Ger}). In Swoop’s second dam Iora (Ger) (Konigsstuhl {Ger}) is the sole produce out of Listed Festa-Rennen runner-up Incitation (Be My Guest), who in turn is a daughter of Listed Fruhjahrs Stutenpreis victress Iberica (Ger) (Green Dancer). Descendants of the latter include G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Irian (Ger) (Tertullian) and GSW G1 Preis von Europa runner-up Ibicenco (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}), with this being the dam line of G2 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Idrissa (Ger) (Tamerlane {GB}).

Sunday, Hamburg, Germany
IDEE 151ST DEUTSCHES DERBY-G1, €650,000, Hamburg, 7-12, 3yo, c/f, 12fT, 2:34.97, g/s.
1–IN SWOOP (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Iota (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire)
2nd Dam: Iora (Ger), by Konigsstuhl (Ger)
3rd Dam: Incitation (Ger), by Be My Guest
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Gestut Schlenderhan; B-Stall Ullmann (IRE); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Ronan Thomas. €390,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 3-2-0-1, €408,450. *Full to Ito (Ger), Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 11-14f, G1SW-Ger & GSP-Fr, $321,458; and 1/2 to Igraine (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW-NZ, SW & MGSP-Aus, $218,379; and Iniciar (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Torquator Tasso (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Tijuana (Ger), by Toylsome (GB). (€24,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Gestut Auenquelle; B-Paul H Vandeberg (GER); T-Marcel Weiss. €130,000.
3–Grocer Jack (Ger), 128, c, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)–Good Donna (Ger), by Doyen (Ire). (€85,000 RNA Ylg ’18 BBAGS). O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €78,000.
Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 13.70, 22.20, 11.30.
Also Ran: Kaspar (Ger), Notre Ruler (Ger), Wonderful Moon (Ger), Dicaprio (Ger), Adrian (Ger), Only The Brave (Fr), Soul Train (Fr), Prince Oliver (Fr), Anatello (GB), Furioso (Ger), Brian Boru (Ger), Kellahen (Ger), Frohsim (Fr), Near Poet (Ger), Toscano (Fr), Palm Springs (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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