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Laytown Cancels 2020 Card

The Laytown Races Committee has cancelled the Sept. 1 Laytown race meeting at Laytown strand, Horse Racing Ireland announced on Tuesday. The decision was made due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and for public health and safety reasons. All customers that have already purchased tickets and other hospitality options will receive a full refund.

“Laytown Races is in a unique position as we race under temporary facilities and our racetrack on the beach is a fantastic amenity, open to the public,” said Laytown Races Chairman Joe Collins. “As the health and safety of Laytown and Bettystown residents, sponsors, racegoers, jockeys, trainers, stable staff and racecourse staff is our number one priority, the committee had too many concerns about how we could implement social distancing during racing, especially on the beach and in the village.

“After consultation with all the key stakeholders including the Gardai, Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Body, the committee reached the very difficult decision to cancel our 2020 race meeting, but we are already looking forward to welcoming everyone back to our 2021 race fixture.”

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Le Havre’s Vaucelles Swoops For Malleret Success

Gerard Augustin-Normand’s twice-raced Vaucelles (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) finished just over six lengths off Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire) when fourth on stakes bow in last month’s G1 Prix Saint-Alary at Chantilly and took the step forward with a career high in Tuesday’s G2 Prix de Malleret at ParisLongchamp. Employing patient tactics racing fourth of five for most of the 12-furlong contest, the May 31 Deauville maiden winner was rousted into action when the sweeping rally of Oriental Mystique (GB) (Kingman {GB}) along the false straight forced all rivals to commit sooner than expected. In pursuit mode off the home turn, the 23-10 second favourite outbattled Bonne Idee (GB) (Frankel {GB}) to seal second entering the final furlong and found another gear in the dying embers to deny the enterprisingly ridden British challenger by 3/4-of-a-length in the shadows of the post, while Bonne Idee was chinned on the line for third by Mozzarella (Fr) (Power {GB}).

“We made the right decision to bypass the [G1] Prix de Diane in favour of this race,” commented winning trainer Pascal Bary. “To have gone to Chantilly [for the Diane] would have been too hard for a filly who had her first start so late and with little experience. She is a lovely looking sort, she has improved regularly and has that turn of foot all the good ones have. She’ll now have another break and will return in the [G1] Prix Vermeille [back at this venue] in September.”

Vaucelles is the second of four foals and lone performer out of Listed Prix Finlande and Listed Prix Miss Satamixa placegetter Vaunoise (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), herself full to G3 Centenary Vase second Setphensons Rocket (Ire) and a half to G3 Prix La Force third Beauvoir (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}). The February-foaled chestnut is a full-sister to the hitherto unraced 2-year-old colt Vergoncey (Ire), who is in training with Jerome Reynier, and half to a yearling filly by Caravaggio. Her third dam Moucha (Fr) (Fabulous Dancer), herself kin to GIII A Gleam H. victress Daloma (Fr) (Bellypha {Ire}), was runner-up in the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux and produced GIII Laurel Dash winner Mayoumbe (Fr) (Kaldoun {Fr}) and MSW G3 Gallinule S. third Tipperary All Star (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}).

Tuesday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DE MALLERET-G2, €90,000, ParisLongchamp, 7-14, 3yo, f, 12fT, 2:29.27, g/s.
1–VAUCELLES (FR), 123, f, 3, by Le Havre (Ire)
1st Dam: Vaunoise (Ire) (MSP-Fr), by Teofilo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Tipperary Honor (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr)
3rd Dam: Moucha (Fr), by Fabulous Dancer
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin Finance SA (FR); T-Pascal Bary; J-Christophe Soumillon. €51,300. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, €69,865. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Oriental Mystique (GB), 123, f, 3, Kingman (GB)–Madame Chiang (GB), by Archipenko. O/B-Kirsten Rausing (GB); T-David Simcock. €19,800.
3–Mozzarella (Fr), 123, f, 3, Power (GB)–Melting Ice (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). O-Paul Normand & Freddy Normand; B-Larissa Kneip & Sandrine Grevet (FR); T-Nicolas Caullery. €9,450.
Margins: 3/4, 2HF, SNK. Odds: 2.30, 12.00, 7.80.
Also Ran: Bonne Idee (GB), Trefoil (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Love Pointing to Yorkshire Oaks

Dual Classic heroine Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will skip the G1 Irish Oaks and instead point for the G1 Yorkshire Oaks in August, Racing Post reported on Monday. The Aidan O’Brien pupil, who won the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in June and the G1 Investec Oaks at Epsom on July 4, will then target the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

“Love doesn’t run this weekend,” O’Brien told Racing Post. “She is perfect. What we are thinking at the moment is that she probably going to go straight to York for the Yorkshire Oaks, and then on to the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after that.”

“We are going to run Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), and Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who also ran at Epsom,” O’Brien said of his Irish Oaks fillies. “We’re also planning on running Laburnum (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was just beaten in an Oaks trial at Naas, as well as Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who won the Oaks trial at Cork.”

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Seven Wild Cards Added to Arqana Summer Catalogue

Some of the wild cards for the Arqana Summer Sale have been announced, Arqana revealed on Monday. The seven horses-in-training will go under the hammer along with the rest of the catalogue-consisting of 2-year-olds and horses-in-training–on July 20. Lot 124, AQPS Herbiers (Fr) (Waldpark {Ger}), won at Moulins and is consigned by Mathieu Brasme; while Augustin Adeline de Boisbrunet offers 4-year-old geldings Gin Coco (Fr) (Cokoriko {Fr}) (lot 140, AQPS) and lot 125, Melanos (Fr) (Blue Bresil {Fr}). The placed Trezy Boy (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) (lot 141) hails from the draft of Carlos and Yann Lerner; and the G3 Prix Aguado third Prunay (Fr) (Prince Gibraltar {Fr}) (lot 142) will also go through the ring for trainer Sylvain Dehez. Rounding out the septet are: \fs21cf2lot 156, Galurin (Fr) (Sunday Break {Jpn}), an AQPS from Laurent Viel’s yard; and AQPS Genet Joli (Fr) (Centennial {Ire}) as lot 157.

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