Giving a further boost to the already formidable credentials of Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who she had trailed in the G1 Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh last time June 25, Speedy Boarding was able to land a second major contest from two trips to France this season. Successful in the 10 1/2-furlong G2 Prix Corrida at Saint-Cloud May 29, the homebred who had been fifth in the
G1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh last July took a regressive step when last of five in the Pretty Polly but was back in the groove here to provide her trainer James Fanshawe with a second renewal in the last three. Settled fourth early by Frederik Tylicki, the bay enjoyed a straightforward trip with Bocca Baciata (Ire) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}) the target on the lead turning for home. As that Pretty Polly runner-up began to tread water, Speedy Boarding moved up to take over from Ame Bleue passing the two-furlong pole and stayed on to assert for an authoritative win in a race that few got into.
Fanshawe, who saddled Ribbons (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) to take this in 2014, was already planning a return visit to the country afterwards. “I love France and I love this race,” he said. “She is a nice, tall filly who is coming to herself now having always been a bit immature. After she won the Corrida, I probably ran her back too quickly in the Paddy Power and she was flat, but we freshened her up for today and I'm very happy for her and her jockey. She stayed on nicely there and, while beforehand I was thinking of going for the [G1] Prix de l'Opera [at Chantilly Oct. 2], it could be that she comes back for the [G1 Prix] Vermeille [at Chantilly Sept. 11] instead. She won't run in both.”
Sunday, Deauville, France
DARLEY PRIX JEAN ROMANET-G1, €250,000, DVL, 8-21, 4yo/up, f/m, 10fT, 2:07.10, gd.
1–&SPEEDY BOARDING (GB), 126, f, 4, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Dash to the Front (GB) (SW-Eng), by Diktat (GB)
2nd Dam: Millennium Dash (GB), by Nashwan
3rd Dam: Milligram (GB), by Mill Reef
(95,000gns RNA Ylg '13 TAOCT). O-Helena Springfield Ltd; B-Meon Valley Stud (GB); T-James Fanshawe; J-Frederik Tylicki. €142,850. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 10-4-1-1, €296,033. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ame Bleue (GB), 126, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Aquarelliste (Fr), by Danehill. O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre. €57,150.
3–Steip Amach (Ire), 126, f, 4, Vocalised">Vocalised–Ceist Eile (Ire), by Noverre. (€300,000 RNA 3yo '15 GOFCMP). O-Haras d'Etreham & Riviera Equine; B-Jim Bolger (IRE); T-David Smaga. €28,575.
Margins: 1 3/4, HD, HF. Odds:4.30, 21.00, 9.60.
Also Ran: Sea Front (Fr), Bateel (Ire), Game Theory (Ire), Royal Solitaire (Ire), Sayana (Fr), Carnachy (Ire), Bocca Baciata (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Pedigree Notes:
Helena Springfield, the racing name of the Meon Valley Stud operation, now have another Group 1 winner in France to add to their collection of Zee Zee Top (GB) (Zafonic) and Jazzi Top (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). The listed-winning dam is a half-sister to the G1 Yorkshire Oaks runner-up Dash To the Top (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), with the pair descending from the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. heroine Milligram and her 1000 Guineas-winning dam One In a Million (Ire) (Rarity {GB}). Other relatives are the G1 Juddmonte International S. heroine One So Wonderful (GB) (Nashwan), the G2 Dante S. and G3 Craven S.-winning sire Alnasr Alwasheek (GB) and the G3 Rockfel S. winner and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Relatively Special (GB) (Alzao). Dash To the Front's 3-year-old colt Next Stage (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) cost Godolphin 800,000gns at Tattersalls and has won one of his three starts, while she also has an unraced 2-year-old colt named Joshua Reynolds (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), a yearling colt by Frankel (GB) and a 2016 colt by Dansili (GB).
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