Weekly Round-Up of French Racing and Trotting - 5th October 2021.
Last weekend Longchamp hosted the biggest weekend of French Flat racing action. Auteuil, Compiegne, Argentan and more also feature in this week's Weekly Round Up.
Flat
| Date | Wednesday 29 September |
| Venue | Chantilly |
| Race | R3 – G3 Prix de Condé (1800m) |
| Type | For two-year-olds only |
| Winner | El Bodegon |
| Jockey | Ioritz Mendizabal |
| Trainer | James Ferguson |
| Breeding | Kodiac x Al Andalyya |
| Second | True Testament |
| Third | Vadeni |
| Two-year-old son of Kodiac, El Bodegon took a step forward on his second French outing to win the Chantilly feature last Wednesday and record a second career success in four starts. The colt looks progressive and may have more to offer for the three year old campaign for the UK trainer. | |
| Date | Thursday 30 September |
| Venue | Fontainebleau (Good To Soft) |
| Race | R2 – G2 Prix du Bourbonnais (2600m) |
| Type | For three-year-old only. |
| Winner | Iris de Montmartre |
| Jockey | Maxime Guyon |
| Trainer | Etienne & Grégoire Leenders |
| Breeding | Montmartre x Une Vague |
| Second | Il Est Divin |
| Third | Itialene |
| Iris de Montmartre remained unbeaten and followed up a Le Lion-d'Angers debut success last week at Fontainebleau and made most of the running. The filly showed a game attitude to fend off rivals and may have further progress to come. | |
| Date | Friday 1 October |
| Venue | Saint-Cloud (Soft) |
| Race | R1 – G3 Prix Thomas Bryon (Jockey Club de Turquie) (1600m) |
| Type | For two-year-olds only |
| Winner | Dreamflight |
| Jockey | Maxime Guyon |
| Trainer | André Fabre |
| Breeding | Frankel x Dream Peace |
| Second | Making Moovies |
| Third | Chancellery |
| Two-year-old son of Frankel, Dreamflight caught the eye last Friday at Saint-Cloud when winning for the first time racing third up in his career. He showed a good attitude fighting out the finish in what became a busy conclusion of the race with the field sandwiched to the far side rail. Irrespective, the colt maintained a short head advantage to score. Trained by Andre Fabre, he can make his presence felt in the upcoming G1 Criterium International (1600m) later this month. | |
| Date | Friday 1 October |
| Venue | Saint-Cloud |
| Race | R4 – Listed Prix Dahlia - Fonds Européen de l'Elevage (2000m) |
| Type | For four-year-old fillies and above mares |
| Winner | Jupyra |
| Jockey | Gérald Mossé |
| Trainer | Mikel Delzangles |
| Breeding | Le Havre x Petite Noblesse |
| Second | Angel Power |
| Third | Nationalista |
| Jupyra bounced back to best form gaining a fourth career success in ten outings. Gérald Mossé had the four-year-old filly in a great position tracking the leader on the inside throughout and the gap luckily appeared when Angel Power could not accelerate any more. She now holds winning Black type status. | |
| Date | Friday 1 October |
| Venue | Saint-Cloud |
| Race | R5 – Listed Prix Matchem (1400m) |
| Type | For three-year-olds only |
| Winner | Egot |
| Jockey | Mickaël Barzalona |
| Trainer | André Fabre |
| Breeding | Invincible Spirit x Entertains |
| Second | Go Athletico |
| Third | Djo Francais |
| The Godolphin owned colt looked impressive when traveling strongly and was the last to come under pressure. He showed good acceleration in the final 200m indicating some smart ability in the closing stages. This son of Invincible Spirit now holds a 50% overall career strike rate of three wins from six attempts. | |
| Date | Friday 1 October |
| Venue | Saint-Cloud |
| Race | R6 – Listed Prix Scaramouche (2800m) |
| Type | For three-year-olds and above |
| Winner | Bel Aristo |
| Jockey | Stéphane Pasquier |
| Trainer | Fabrice Chappet |
| Breeding | New Approach x Baroness Daniela |
| Second | Good Question |
| Third | Aristocrate |
| Three-year-old colt, Bel Aristo found success for the second time on his sixth career outing last Friday as he followed up a maiden 2900m Clairefontaine win. Powering down the home straight with Good Question, the pair pulled clear of the rest and fought out the finish of the rain-softened ground. He could progress to become a handy stayer. | |
| Date | Saturday 2 October |
| Venue | Paris-Longchamp (Soft) |
| Race | R1 – G2 Prix Chaudenay (3000m) |
| Type | For three-year-olds only |
| Winner | Manobo |
| Jockey | James Doyle |
| Trainer | Charlie Appleby |
| Breeding | Sea The Stars x Tasaday |
| Second | Kemari |
| Third | Tides of War |
| Three-year-old gelding son of Sea The Stars, Manobo showed a devastating turn of foot in the home straight pulling clear and dominating the finish for take Group Two glory at Longchamp. He led home stablemate Kemari to give Godolphin a one-two. The gelding remains unbeaten after two UK victories and a win on French debut last month at Saint-Cloud in the Listed Prix Turenne (2400m). A progressive and likeable type. | |
| Date | Saturday 2 October |
| Venue | Paris-Longchamp (Soft) |
| Race | R3 – G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein (1600m) |
| Type | For three-year-olds and above |
| Winner | Real World |
| Jockey | Frankie Dettori |
| Trainer | Saeed Bin Suroor |
| Breeding | Dark Angel x Nafura |
| Second | The Revenant |
| Third | Novemba |
| Godolphin's afternoon kept getting better as Frankie Dettori won with Real World recording a four timer after success at multiple venues including Royal Ascot (UK), Newbury (UK) and York (UK). He was previously running well in the UAE at Meydan. The four-year-old colt only just lasted as The Revenant came flying late (a previous winner of the race) passing the German trained third Novemba. | |
| Date | Saturday 2 October |
| Venue | Paris-Longchamp (Soft) |
| Race | R7 – G2 Prix Dollar (1950m) |
| Type | For three-year-olds and above |
| Winner | Dubai Honour |
| Jockey | James Doyle |
| Trainer | William Haggas |
| Breeding | Pride of Dubai x Mondelice |
| Second | Magny Cours |
| Third | Dawn Intello |
| Dubai Honour produced a hat trick of wins when showing an eye-catching powerful run in the middle of the home straight to take victory. The three-year-old gelding picked up well and came with a strong late effort to win. He has been progressive this season with success at Newmarket (UK) in a 2000m heritage handicap before proving successful in the Deauville G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (2000m) in August. He is highly promising. | |
| Date | Monday 4 October |
| Venue | Toulouse (Good To Soft) |
| Race | R4 – Listed Prix Panacée - Fonds Européen de l'Elevage (2400m) |
| Type | For three-year-old fillies and above mares |
| Winner | Rumbles of Thunder |
| Jockey | Eddy Hardouin |
| Trainer | Jérôme Reynier |
| Breeding | Night of Thunder x Blanche Neige |
| Second | Frankel's Magic |
| Third | Agua |
| Three-year-old daughter of Night of Thunder, Rumbles of Thunder followed up her success in the Premio Merano (2200m) at Merano (Italy) in August when on Monday at Toulouse she came with a late run to score cosily by one length. | |
Jump
| Date | Tuesday 28 September 2021 |
| Venue | Compiègne |
| Race | R6 – G3 Prix de la Gascogne (3800m) |
| Type | Chase, for five-year-olds and above |
| Winner | Want of a Nail |
| Jockey | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter |
| Trainer | H&G. Lageneste & Macaire |
| Breeding | Kapgarde x Westonne |
| Second | Garasil |
| Third | Roi Mage |
| Want of a Nail recorded a seventh career success winning last week by a half-length from Garasil. The five-year-old daughter of Kapgarde followed up her Auteuil hurdle victory which came four weeks prior. The mare continues to be consistent having only missed the placings three times from twenty starts. | |
| Date | Thursday 30 September |
| Venue | Auteuil (Heavy) |
| Race | R1 – Listed Prix Guillaume de Pracomtal (3600m) |
| Type | Handicap hurdle, for four-year-olds only |
| Winner | Colbert du Berlais |
| Jockey | Ludovic Philipperon |
| Trainer | Marcel Rolland |
| Breeding | Poliglote x Hermine du Berlais |
| Second | Martin Spirit |
| Third | Golden Witch |
| Four-year-old son of Poliglote, Colbert du Berlais under top weight made gradual progress throughout and powered clear on the stand side in the home straight as he gained the upper hand in the final 50m from Martin Spirit to score. This is his second Black Type triumph after winning the course and distance Listed Prix le Parisien handicap hurdle (3600m) two runs ago in May. | |
| Date | Thursday 30 September |
| Venue | Auteuil |
| Race | R2 – Listed Prix Bayonnet (4400m) |
| Type | Chase, for four-year olds only |
| Winner | Sel Jem |
| Jockey | Johnny Charron |
| Trainer | H&G. Lageneste & Macaire |
| Breeding | Masked Marvel x Ile Des Saintes |
| Second | Niko Has |
| Third | Margaret's Legacy |
| Four-year-old son of Masked Marvel, Sel Jem having only a fourth racecourse appearance won for the third time to gain winning Black Type status after lower grade victories at Le Lion-d'Angers and Dieppe. | |
Trotting
| Date | Tuesday 28 September |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R1 – G3 Prix Emile Bézière – (2850m) |
| Type | Driven, for five- to seven-year-olds |
| Winner | Ampia Mede Sm |
| Driver | Franck Nivard |
| Trainer | Fabrice Souloy |
| Breeding | Ganymède x Polimpia Slide Sm |
| Second | Galius |
| Third | Freyja du Pont |
| Ampia Mede Sm, a five-year-old mare continued her excellent run of form over recent months to produce a fifth consecutive win, three coming at Vincennes and two at Enghien. This was a third Group Three success on the trot after winning the G3 Prix de Provence (2700m) and the G3 Prix de Montier-en-Der (2850m). | |
| Date | Wednesday 29 September |
| Venue | Argentan |
| Race | R1 – G3 Grand National du Trot (2875m) |
| Type | Driven, for five- to ten-year-olds |
| Winner | Fire Cracker |
| Driver | Eric Raffin |
| Trainer | Grégory Thorel |
| Breeding | Quaro x Urganza |
| Second | Cristal du Lupin |
| Third | Crack Money |
| Six-year-old, Fire Cracker took the latest round of the Grand National du Trot competition to gain a sixteenth career victory. Fire Cracker has been lightly raced in recent months but has already found success in this series winning at Le Croisé-Laroche at the end of May. As with the previous campaign he might be a name to keep in mind during the Vincennes Winter Meeting. | |
