Grand Prix de Paris

[my miss storm cat]

6ème(P/ 634) JUDDMONTE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS , le 14.07.2009, LONGCHAMP

GROUPE I , PLAT, 2.400 mètres, corde à DROITE. ( 342.840, 137.160, 68.580, 34.260, 17.160) Après Partants: 177 Engagés. 2 Nuls. 17 Non Valables. 147 Forfaits. 1 Supplémentaire. 3 Annulations-de-Partant. 8 Partants Définitifs. Offre de paris : Couplé/Trio Ordre et Classic

Pour poulains entiers et pouliches de 3 ans. Poids: 58 k. La course sera précédée d'un défilé. Versement à la poule des propriétaires: 1.000 à l'engagement le 18 février ou 36.000 à l'engagement le 10 juillet. Forfait initial: mercredi 8 juillet à 10 h.30. Un objet d'art sera offert au Propriétaire, ainsi qu'un souvenir à l'Entraineur, au Jockey, au Cavalier d'entrainement et à l'Eleveur du cheval gagnant.


PMU * Horse Sire / Dam Draw Owner Silks Trainer Jockey Weight Weight Purse Music Claiming Rating Blink. Coupled Breeders

01 P2 beheshtam m.ps. 3 ans Par: PEINTRE CELEBRE et BEHKARA (KRIS) 04 S.A. AGA KHAN VERTE EPAULETTES ROUGES T VERTE A.DE ROYER DUPRE CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON 58 130150 4p1p1p 495 S.A. AGA KHAN
02 P2 cavalryman gb m.ps. 3 ans Par: HALLING et SILVERSWORD (HIGHEST HONOR) 06 CHEIK MOHAMMED AL MAKTOUM GRENAT M BLANCHES T. GRENAT UNE ETOILE BLANCHE A. FABRE MAXIME GUYON 58 78300 1p2p4p(08)1p4p 000 DARLEY STUD MANAGEMENT CO. LTD
03 P1 freemantle gb m.ps. 3 ans Par: GALILEO et PATACAKE PATACAKE (BAHRI) 05 D.SMITH/MME J.MAGNIER/M.TABOR VIOLETTE COUTURES BLANCHES M RAY VIOLET ET BLANC T VIOLETTE AP. O'BRIEN JAMES-ANTHONY HEFFERNAN 58 49849 5p2p(08)1p4p3p 000 1 LIGHTBODY CELEBRATION CAKES
04 P2 wajir m.ps. 3 ans Par: DANEHILL DANCER et WAR GAME (CAERLEON) 08 ECURIE WILDENSTEIN BLEUE T BLEU-CLAIR E. LELLOUCHE ANTHONY CRASTUS 58 150050 0p 1p3p1p(08)1p2p1p 500 DAYTON INVESTMENTS LTD
05 P2 mastery gb m.ps. 3 ans ... (supp) Par: SULAMANI et MOYESII (DIESIS) 07 GODOLPHIN BLEUE T BLEUE S. BIN SUROOR LANFRANCO DETTORI 58 332855 3p1p4p(08)3p1p 000 DARLEY STUD MANAGEMENT CO. LTD
06 P2 age of aquarius (ire) m.ps. 3 ans Par: GALILEO et CLARA BOW (TOP VILLE) 01 MAGNIER/TABOR/SMITH/MORDUKHOVI GROS-BLEU M ET T GROS-BLEU AP. O'BRIEN JOHN-PATRICK MURTAGH 58 61307 7p1p(08)4p1p1p 495 1 B. VAN DALFSEN
07 P2 black bear island ire m.ps. 3 ans Par: SADLER'S WELLS et KASORA (DARSHAAN) 03 MME MAGNIER/M.TABOR/D.SMITH GROS BLEU T GROS-BLEU AP. O'BRIEN COLM O'DONOGHUE 58 136698 3p0p1p3p(08)1p2p 000 1 TOWER BLOODSTOCK
08 HAIL CAESAR IRE M.PS. 3 ans Par: MONTJEU et ALABASTRINE (GREEN DESERT) 02 MME MAGNIER/M.TABOR/D.SMITH GROS BLEU T GROS-BLEU AP. O'BRIEN S.M. LEVEY 58 38080 0p4p 7p4p4p4p(08)6p5p1 000 O 1 MLLE K. RAUSING,MME S. ROGERS

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Black Bear Island

(Thinking maybe BBI / Mastery / Beheshtam or Freemantle)

[my miss storm cat]

RP...

Fabre star Cavalryman lands Grand Prix de Paris
By Nicholas Godfrey AND DESMOND STONEHAM7.21PM 14 JUL 2009
Report: France, Tuesday

Longchamp: Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (Group 1) 1m4f, 3yo

SHEIKH Mohammed's Cavalryman ran out the decisive winner of the Grand Prix de Paris to give multiple champion trainer Andre Fabre his first Group 1 win ofthe season at Longchamp on Tuesday.

Ridden by rising star Maxime Guyon, the son of Halling took charge in the final furlong of the Bastille Day highlight to record a 4-1 success from Ballydoyle's Age Of Aquarius, sent off a 9-2 chancewith British bookmakers.

Followers of Pricewise were left celebrating as tipping supremo Tom Segal advised the winner at 6-1 in the Racing Post.

The Aga Khan's much vaunted Beheshtam, the 6-4 favourite, produced a lacklustre performance and was never seen with a chance before finishing sixth.

Fabre trained Rail Link to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after taking the Grand Prix in 2005.

Victor Chandlermake Cavalryman a 16-1 chance to emulate him after drawing away to claim the Juddmonte-sponsored event, regarded by many as France's true 'Derby' since it was revamped to its current 1m4f distance in 2004.

William Hill go even shorterat a first show of 10-1, while Coral cut Cavalryman to 8-1 (from 25) in the Arc market.

"He has progressed very well with every race and is certainly a very good horse," said Fabre, ending a Group 1 drought dating back to Thewayyouare in 2007.

"We will think about the Prix Niel and the Arc but I need to talk it over with Sheikh Mohammed first."

Cavalryman's victory was the second of the night for Fabre and Guyon with a SheikhMohammed horse following the impressive success of two-year-old Colonial in a Listed contest.

Budding champion Guyon, celebrating the biggest win of his burgeoning career, was in tears in the winner's enclosure.

"I am so happy not just for myself but all the team," he said. "It was just fantastic and I was just adding the finishing touches."

Johnny Murtagh sent Age Of Aquarius to the front once the Ballydoyle pacemaker Hail Caesar cried enough a couple of furlongs out.


Aidan O'Brien: happy with second
Frankie Dettori produced Godolphin's Mastery with what looked like a winning challenge and Cavalryman looked to be labouring under Guyon.

However, as Age Of Aquarius and Mastery knuckled down to the battle, Cavalryman found a powerful stride on the outside and mowed them down inside the final furlong.

Cavalryman scored a decisive verdict by a length and a half over Age Of Aquarius, who outstayed Mastery by a couple of lengths with Freemantle fourth.

Aidan O'Brien was delighted with the runner-up. "He ran really well," said the trainer. "It was a tough race and the colt is getting better with every outing - he fought very well throughout the straight."

Alainde Royer-Dupre could draw no positives from the dismal Beheshtam, who never looked like emulating the stable's 2008 winner Montmartre.

"He had absolutely no action on this occasion," said De Royer-Dupre. "He was hampered at the entrance to the straight and that didn't help but that is not enough to explain his poor performance. The colt ran well below his best form."

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The Arc is shaping up to be a fantastic race this season, even without Sea The Stars.