By Tom Frary
Freddy Head's stable have been slow to come to hand so far this term, but the tide could start to turn on Tuesday as the unbeaten Luminate (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) steps out in Saint-Cloud's G3 Prix Penelope. Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's bay looked a filly going places when taking the G3 Prix de Conde by three lengths at Chantilly in October, but faces a race-fit rival in Takaya Shimakawa's much-improved Tosen Gift (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). She sprang a surprise when winning the Listed Prix Rose de Mai by eight lengths over a mile and a quarter on testing ground here Mar. 11 and there was no fluke about that effort. Andre Fabre holds the joint-record of seven wins in this and puts forward the Wertheimers's Tempel (Fr) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who scored over nine furlongs at Chantilly in October.
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