By Tom Frary
Building on wins over seven furlongs at La Teste de Buch in August and over 7 1/2 at Cagnes-sur-Mer the following month, Onthemoonagain was third in the G3 Prix des Reservoirs over a mile at Deauville in October and returned in style to provide Jean-Claude Rouget with some welcome cheer. Forced to race worse than mid-division as opponents tussled for prominent positions around this testing circuit, the bay moved through a split at the top of the straight as the outsider Fuenteesteis threatened to get away. Scything down that rival with 150 metres remaining, she was quickly clear with Christophe Soumillon able to drop his hands close home. The dam Ma Preference, who captured the G3 Prix Fille de l'Air at this venue in 2010, has a 2-year-old colt by Elusive City named Madeo (Fr) to come. Her family features the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Resless Kara (Fr) (Akarad {Fr}), the G1 Grande Premio Jose Guathemozin Nogueira winner Naughty Rafaela (Brz) (Royal Academy) and Restiadargent (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), who captured the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Prix d'Arenberg and was third in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S.
PRIX CARAVELLE – HARAS DES GRANGES-Listed, €55,000, TLU, 4-29, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:09.27, gd.
1–#ONTHEMOONAGAIN (FR), 123, f, 3, by Cape Cross (Ire)
1st Dam: Ma Preference (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $174,266), by American Post (GB)
2nd Dam: Restless Mixa (Ire), by Linamix (Fr)
3rd Dam: Restless Girl (Fr), by Bolkonski (Ire)
(€55,000 Ylg '15 ARQOCT). O-SARL Ecurie Jean-Louis Tepper & Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Patrick Chedeville (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Christophe Soumillon. €27,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 4-3-0-1, €63,950.
2–Layali (Fr), 123, f, 3, Rip Van Winkle (Ire)–Candicans (GB), by Dansili (GB). O-Al Shaqab Racing. €11,000.
3–Fuenteesteis (Fr), 123, f, 3, Falco–Fantasy Lady, by Grand Slam. (€3,500 Ylg '15 ARQNOV). O-Roberto Avial Sanchez. €8,250.
Margins: 2, SHD, HF. Odds: 5.20, 7.50, 43.00.
Also Ran: Golden Attitude, Chabelita (Fr), Panthelia (Fr), Cosmique (Fr), Indian Skies (GB), Ask Me Another, Blues Music (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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