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Morandi Romps in Criterium de Saint-Cloud

Morandi Romps in Criterium de Saint-Cloud

Morandi handled his debut at the group I level with ease Nov. 10, scoring an open-length victory in France's Criterium de Saint-Cloud for 2-year-olds, Europe's final group I race of the season.

 Saturday, November 10, 2012

Prix de Diane Winner Valyra Euthanized

The Aga Khan's Valyra, winner of this year's Prix de Diane (Fr-I), suffered a fracture to her femur while training at Deauville in France the morning of Aug. 29 and had to be euthanized due to the extent of her injury.

 Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Valyra Charges to Victory in Prix de Diane

Valyra, part of a three-horse entry owned by the Aga Khan, got up in the final strides to capture the Prix de Diane-Longines (French Oaks, Fr-I) by three-quarters of a length at Chantilly June 17.

 Sunday, June 17, 2012
Flower Bowl First Choice for Stacelita

Flower Bowl First Choice for Stacelita

Stacelita is likely to use the Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) as a final prep for the Breeders' Cup, trainer Chad Brown said a day after the 5-year-old French-bred mare handily captured the Beverly D. Stakes.

 Sunday, August 14, 2011
Stacelita Shows Her Stuff in Beverly D.

Stacelita Shows Her Stuff in Beverly D.

Favored Stacelita added a grade I North American victory to her stellar record when she used a rail-skimming ride by jockey Ramon Dominguez to capture the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park Aug. 13.

 Saturday, August 13, 2011

Lily Of The Valley Blooms in Prix de l'Opera

Lily Of The Valley took command in the final 100 yards and was able to hold off her stablemate Stacelita to capture the NYSE Euronext Prix de l'Opera (Fr-I) by three-quarters of a length Oct. 3.

 Sunday, October 03, 2010

Stacelita Hangs on in Prix Jean Romanet

Stacelita improved her record to eight wins from 11 starts with a hard-fought victory over Antara in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-I) at Deauville Aug. 22.

 Sunday, August 22, 2010
Midday Repeats in Thrilling Nassau

Midday Repeats in Thrilling Nassau

Midday scored a repeat in the Blue Square Nassau Stakes (Eng-I) with a rousing victory over Stacelita at Glorious Goodwood July 31.

 Saturday, July 31, 2010

Behkabad Triumphs in Grand Prix de Paris

Behkabad provided his connections with a memorable Bastille Day when he repelled the late charge of Planteur to capture the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-I) at Longchamp July 14.

 Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Stacelita Remains Unbeaten With Diane Romp

After her four-length rout in Chantilly's Prix de Diane (Fr-I) June 14, many are wondering if undefeated Stacelita could be this year's Zarkava.

 Sunday, June 14, 2009

Le Havre Triumphs in French Derby

Second in the French 2,000 Guineas on May 10, Le Havre reversed the form in the €1.5m Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby, Fr-I) over a non-staying seventh Silver Frost June 7 at Chantilly.

 Sunday, June 07, 2009

Silver Frost Burns Rivals in French Guineas

Silver Frost came roaring down the center of the course to easily capture the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Fr-I, French Two Thousand Guineas) by two lengths at Longchamp May 10. One race later, Elusive Wave won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Fr-I, French One Thousand Guineas).

 Sunday, May 10, 2009
Ribaudo Takes on Big Guys in BC Turf

Ribaudo Takes on Big Guys in BC Turf

Robert Ribaudo, the small-stable trainer of Grand Couturier, considers himself lucky in a sport of declining fortunes. One of his former owner got back into the racing game and now they have a solid contender in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT).

 Wednesday, October 22, 2008

High Rock Rolls to Victory in Prix de Conde

Jockey Christophe Lemaire and trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, who teamed up Oct. 20 to capture the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (Eng-I) on Literato, continued their winning ways the next day, when High Rock rolled to an impressive win in the Prix de Conde (Fr-III) at Longchamp.

 Sunday, October 21, 2007
Literato Hangs on for Champion Victory

Literato Hangs on for Champion Victory

French raider Literato took the lead within the final furlong and tenaciously held off the determined rally of Eagle Mountain to claim a head victory in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (Eng-I) at Newmarket Oct. 20.

 Saturday, October 20, 2007
Brisk Trade at Select Sessions Lift Deauville

Brisk Trade at Select Sessions Lift Deauville

The four-day Arqana August yearling sale at Deauville ended on a strong note Aug. 20, with gross sales climbing 25.8% and the average increasing 20.5% above the equivalent 2006 statistics. Europe's top buyers were extremely active during the two select sessions, which sold a 1.4 million euros record-breaking Galileo colt, who is a half-brother to Turtle Bowl.

 Monday, August 20, 2007

Trainer Raps Officials After Colt Wins Prix Noailles

Ruwi won the Prix Noailles (Fr-II) for 3-year-olds at Longchamp Sunday, but trainer Jean-Claude Rouget was more concerned about what happens next in France's revised program.

 Sunday, April 10, 2005

Eleusis Takes U.S. Debut in Long Island 'Cap

Gary Tanaka's Eleusis, a 3-year-old filly making her first start in the United States, put away favored Arvada in the final furlong to register her first graded or group win in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares on the Aqueduct turf Saturday.

 Sunday, November 07, 2004

Ask For The Moon Edges Asti at Prix Saint-Alary Wire

Ask For The Moon outlasted Asti by a neck in a blanket finish to the Prix Saint-Alary (Fr-I) for 3-year-old fillies at Longchamp Sunday.

 Sunday, May 23, 2004