Sunday, Longchamp, France
TOTAL PRIX MARCEL BOUSSAC - CRITERIUM DES POULICHES-G1, €300,000, Longchamp, 10-7, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:44.62, hy.
1--s@#SILASOL (IRE), 123, f, 2, by Monsun (Ger)
        1st Dam: Stormina (MSW-US & GSP-Fr, $273,572), by Gulch
        2nd Dam: Brooklyn's Storm, by Storm Cat
        3rd Dam: Brooklyn's Dance (Fr), by Shirley Heights (GB)
O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Carlos Laffon-Parias;
J-Olivier Peslier; €171,420. Lifetime Record: 3 starts,
2 wins, 0 places, €187,420. Werk Nick Rating: F.
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2--Topaze Blanche (Ire), 123, f, 2, Zamindar--Pearl
Earrine (Fr), by Kaldounevees (Fr). O-Leonidas
Marinopoulos; B-Stilvi Compania Financiera SA;
T-Carlos Laffon-Parias; €68,580.
3--Alterite (Fr), 123, f, 2, Literato (Fr)--Ana Luna (GB),
by Dream Well (Fr). O-Ecurie la Vallee Martigny & 
Eric Pokrovsky; B-Ecurie la Vallee Martigny; T-Jean-
Claude Rouget; €34,290.
Margins: HD, HD, 1 1/4. Odds: 13.00, 8.30, 6.00.  
Also Ran: Flotilla (Fr), Peace Burg (Fr), Meri Shika (Fr), Agent Allison (GB), Purr Along (GB), My Special J's. Scratched: Magical Dream (Ire).
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   Stepping up from an off-the-radar debut effort at Deauville Aug. 24, Silasol shed maiden status over this course and distance last time Sept. 9, and continued her rapid rise through the ranks with a pillar-to-post victory to earn a massive black-type rosette in her pattern-race debut here. Bouncing sharply from the gate to assume immediate command, she was stirred into action as the pack loomed large off the home turn and kept on resolutely under a final-furlong drive to bravely hold the late thrusts of stablemate Topaze Blanche and Listed Criterium de l'Ouest victress Alterite by a diminishing buffer. "This is a dream come true, and I could not envisage a better outcome with both of my fillies finishing first and second," enthused conditioner Carlos Laffon-Parias. "Silasol is a tough filly, and this is a great result for the stable. I hesitated between running her and another [Wertheimer-owned] filly, Single (Fr) (Singspiel {Ire}), who was second in the [G3] Prix d'Aumale, but ultimately I made the correct decision. She was doing well at home and I figured, being by Monsun, that the [heavy] ground would help. She won in good style when making all here last time, and I did not hesitate to tell [jockey] Olivier [Peslier] to repeat the same tactics. She's a nice staying type from a family which includes Arc heroine Solemia, so I think she will be more of an Oaks filly rather than a Guineas filly next year. The [G1] Prix de Diane could also be an objective for Topaze Blanche and, needless to say, both are now through for the season."