Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX GREFFULHE-G2, €130,000, Saint-Cloud, 5-5, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/4mT, 2:09.40, vsf.
1–@KESAMPOUR (FR), 128, c, 3, by King's Best
        1st Dam: Kasatana (Ire), by Hernando (Fr)
        2nd Dam: Kassiyda (Ire), by Mill Reef
        3rd Dam: Kadissya, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC; T-Mikel Delzangles; J-Christophe-Patrice Lemaire; €74,100. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, €130,600. Werk Nick Rating: Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Albion (GB), 128, c, 3, With Approval--Alborada (GB), by Alzao. (65,000gns RNA yrl '10 TATOCT). O/B-Kirsten Rausing; T-Andre Fabre; €28,600.
3--Eldandy (Ire), 128, c, 3, Danehill Dancer (Ire)--Spinola (Fr), by Spinning World. (220,000gns wnlg '09 TATDEC; 60,000gns RNA yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Felipe Hinojosa & Carlos Laffon-Parias; B-Yeguada Milagro & Balmerino Bloodstock; T-Carlos Laffon-Parias; €13,650.
Margins: HD, HF, SHD. Odds: 0.80, 9.00, 7.40.
Also Ran: Saonois (Fr), First Date (GB), Shalamzar (Fr).
Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree.
   After a smooth introduction over a mile here in October, Kesampour followed up by five lengths over a quarter mile further the following month before a third trip to this venue yielded a first black-type score in the Listed Prix Francois Mathet over 1 5/16 miles last time Apr. 1. Sent off the hot favorite for this Derby trial, won by the subsequent Epsom hero Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) 12 months ago, the chestnut had to work harder than he has had to so far to keep his perfect record intact. Settled in second early while tracking his pacemaker Shalamzar (Fr) (Selkirk), the homebred edged ahead with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and fought off the attentions of Albion on his inner to prevail in a blanket finish. Kesampour has achieved enough to carry His Highness The Aga Khan's esteemed colors at either Epsom or Chantilly, but connections were keeping options open in the immediate aftermath. "We are very happy, but the trainer is at Newmarket and hasn't seen the race, so we will wait to discuss it with him before making a decision about where Kesampour goes next," the owner-breeder's Racing Manager Georges Rimaud commented. "He is in the [June 2] G1 Epsom Derby and the [June 3] G1 Prix du Jockey Club, but we will decide in time."