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Weekly Round-Up of French Racing and Trotting - 22nd June 2021.
This week's round-up covers action at Chantilly including Ecrivain's win in the G3 Prix Bertrand Du Breuil and a Group Three at Vincennes...
| Date | Sunday 20th June 2021 |
| Venue | Chantilly |
| Race | R2 – Prix Paul De Moussac (1600m) |
| Type | Three-year-olds |
| Winner | Erasmo |
| Jockey | Mickael Barzalona |
| Trainer | Andre Fabre |
| Breeding | Oasis Dream X Sant Elena |
| Second | Best Lightning |
| Third | Moai |
| Well-positioned throughout by Mickael Barzalona the Godolphin-owned three-year-old quickened up smartly before showing a good attitude in the closing stages. The son of Oasis Dream is yet to finish out of the first three in six career starts with this a third victory. Top-class sprinter Oasis Dream currently stands for €20,000 at Banstead Manor Stud. | |
| Date | Sunday 20th June 2021 |
| Venue | Chantilly |
| Race | R4 - Prix du Bois (1200m) |
| Type | Two-year-old |
| Winner | Atomic Force |
| Jockey | Stephane Pasquier |
| Trainer | Kevin Ryan |
| Breeding | Cotai Glory X Atlas Silk |
| Second | Black Lives Matter |
| Third | Best Sixteen |
| Atomic Force impressively landed the G3 Prix du Bois (1200m) under an aggressive Stephane Pasquier front-running ride. The success provided Cotai Glory with his first stakes winner. A £22,000 buy from the Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale, Atomic Force is one of four winners out of Atlas Silk. Cotai Glory has placed at the top-level and ran out a short-head winner of the G3 Trophy Stakes (1000m) at Newbury in 2016. He stands at Tally Ho Stud in Ireland for a €5,000 fee. | |
| Date | Sunday 20th June 2021 |
| Venue | Chantilly |
| Race | R6 – G3 Prix Bertrand Du Breuil (1600m) |
| Type | Three-year-olds olds and up |
| Winner | Ecrivain |
| Jockey | Maxime Guyon |
| Trainer | Carlos Laffon-Parias |
| Breeding | Lope de Vega X Sapphire Pendant |
| Second | Sagamiyra |
| Third | Reshabar |
| Settling nicely one back from the rear of the field by Maxime Guyon, the Carlos Laffon-Parias-trained four-year-old came with a well-timed weaving run to win by three-quarters-of-a-length. That was a fourth career success from fourteen starts for the daughter of Lope de Vega. The top-class sire stands for a fee of €125,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Kilkenny, Ireland. | |
| Date | Sunday 20th June 2021 |
| Venue | Chantilly |
| Race | R8 – G3 Prix du Lys (2400m) |
| Type | Three-year-olds |
| Winner | Northern Ruler |
| Jockey | Maxime Guyon |
| Trainer | Andreas Wohler |
| Breeding | Ruler Of The World X North Sun |
| Second | Bubble Gift |
| Third | Gabello |
| Northern Ruler showed a good attitude holding off the late challenge of favourite Bubble Gift last Sunday. This Andreas Wohler-trained colt won for the second time in three starts under Maxime Guyon. The success provided 2013 G1 Epsom Derby (2400m) winner Ruler Of The World with his fourth individual stakes winner. Ruler Of The World stands at Haras de Bouquetot in France for €5,000. | |
| Date | Tuesday 15th June 2021 |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R4 – G3 Prix Paul Delanoë (2175m) |
| Type | Mounted |
| Winner | Clegs des Champs |
| Jockey/Driver | David Thomain |
| Trainer | Thierry Raffegeau |
| Breeding | Legs du Clos X Proserpine |
| Second | Boss Du Meleuc |
| Third | Flamboyant Blue |
| Jockey David Thomain settled the nine-year-old nicely in fifth position prior to making smooth headway round the final turn. However, the son of Legs du Clos was made to battle extremely hard prior to eventually winning by a nose. That success brought up the four-timer making it a brilliant twenty-three wins from forty-four starts. | |
