By Tom Frary
Frankie Dettori would have had few easier times in front around Chantilly and the master of front-running riding duly punished his rival jockeys's complacency with a comfortable success here on the British raider The Black Princess. Second in the Listed Height of Fashion S. over this trip at Goodwood last May, the bay had run third in the G2 Ribblesdale S. over a mile and a half at Royal Ascot in June and was next seen winning the Listed Prix Solitude over this course and distance in November. Handed the lead and the rail advantage exiting the stalls, she was restrained to slow the tempo to suit and once she had been asked to increase it in the straight the race was already in safe keeping. Despite drifting left late on, she was always firmly in control with the only concern for connections being a brief enquiry into possible interference to Armande. “I know she stays further, so I didn't want to take any chances and went to the lead,” Dettori said. “I didn't want to be caught for speed and although she would have liked it softer, she did it well on the ground.”
Larceny, who also has a 2-year-old filly by Dark Angel (Ire) named Gabrielle (Fr) and a yearling filly by Zebedee (GB), is a half-sister to the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Prix Jean Prat-winning sire Lawman (Fr), the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}) and the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal-winning sire Satri (Ire). Descendants of the third dam Light the Lights, who captured the G2 Prix de Pomone and was third in the G1 Prix Vermeille, include the G2 Prix de Malleret winner Al Wathna (GB) (Nayef) and the GI American Oaks third Little Journey (Fr) (Great Journey {Jpn}), while the fourth dam is the G3 Prix de Flore scorer and G1 Prix Saint-Alary runner-up Lighted Glory (Nijinsky II).
Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX ALLEZ FRANCE-G3, €80,000, CHY, 4-30, 4yo/up, f/m, 10fT, 2:03.26, gd.
1–@THE BLACK PRINCESS (FR), 123, f, 4, by Iffraaj (GB)
1st Dam: Larceny (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire)
2nd Dam: Laramie, by Gulch
3rd Dam: Light the Lights (Fr), by Shirley Heights (GB)
(€170,000 Ylg '14 ARAUG). O-R J H Geffen; B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd (FR); T-John Gosden; J-Frankie Dettori. €40,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 6-3-2-1, €115,463. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Armande (Ire), 123, f, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Alpine Snow (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). O-Baron Edouard de Rothschild & Lady Chryss O'Reilly; B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd & Ecurie de Meautry (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €16,000.
3–Happy Approach (Fr), 121, f, 4, New Approach (Ire)–Eire (GB), by Medicean (GB). O/B-Lutz Bongen (FR); T-Markus & Stephanie Nigge. €12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HF, HF. Odds: 1.70, 3.00, 7.70.
Also Ran: That Which Is Not, Thank You Bye Bye (Fr), Olala (Ger), Flemish Duchesse (Fr), Icecapada (Ire), Do Re Mi Fa Sol (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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