By Sean Cronin
2nd-CHY, €26,000, Cond, 7-24, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.77, sf.
COEUR DE BEAUTE (FR) (f, 2, Dabirsim {Fr}–Twilight Tear {GB}, by Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), who ran fourth going six panels here on debut June 17 and again over this trip at Chateaubriant last time July 12, broke well from the outside box and seized control from the outset. Rowed along when pressed soon after passing the two pole, the 69-10 chance powered clear under whipless cajoling inside the final furlong to score by an impressive six lengths from Canouville (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}), becoming the 10th winner for her freshman sire (by Hat Trick {Jpn}). The €30,000 OSLATE yearling, who retains an entry in this Sunday's G3 Prix de Cabourg, is the first scorer produced by Twilight Tear (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), herself out of a winning full-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud S.-winning Irish highweight Listen (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and Sequoyah (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), who also achieved Irish highweight status off the back of a G1 Moyglare Stud S. win. Listen produced GSW G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup third Touching Speed (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Sequoyah is the dam of MG1SW sire Henrythenavigator (Kingmambo) and GSW G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas placegetter Queen Cleopatra (Ire) (Kingmambo). Sequoyah's descendants also include this term's G1 Epsom Derby second Cliffs of Moher (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) while another of her siblings, Lady Windermere (Ire) (Lake Coniston {Ire}), is the granddam of G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and GI Breeders' Cup Turf hero Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the stakes-winning G1 Belmont Oaks Invitational third Outstanding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, €18,100. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Ahmed Mouknass, Ecurie Pandora Racing & Gerard Decocq; B-Haras de Grandcamp (FR); T-Mauricio Delcher Sanchez.
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