Speightstown Son Of Torrestrella Scores At Cagnes

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4th-CGN, €24,000, Debutantes, 1-17, 3yo, c/g, 8f (AWT), 1:37.92, st.
WUSOOL (c, 3, Speightstown–Torrestrella {Ire} {G1SW-Fr, $293,919}, by Orpen), who is the last progeny out of the now-deceased 2004 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Torrestrella, was soon into the lead. Only seriously challenged by Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) in the home straight, the 11-5 second favourite was always travelling too strongly to get into a tangle with that rival and hit the line with two lengths to spare and a seven-length margin back to the third. Torrestrella is a loss to Shadwell, having also produced the impressive G3 Rose of Lancaster S. scorer Intilaaq (Dynaformer), GSW-Eng, and the smart Farmah, a daughter of Speightstown who captured the Listed Prix de Bonneval on home soil and the G3 Premio Carlo E Francesco Aloisi in Italy, Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 5-7f, GSW-Ity & SW-Fr, $158,256. Her useful half-sister Torrealta (GB) (In the Wings {GB}) made her own mark as a broodmare, most notably via her daughter T'As d'Beaux Yeux (GB) (Red Ransom) who produced Heuristique (Ire) (Shamardal) who was third in last year's edition of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Another of Torrestrella's half-siblings, Aqua Ring (Jpn) (Anabaa), is the dam of Queens Ring (Jpn) (Manhattan Cafe {Jpn} who captured the 2016 G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup and G2 Fuchu Himba S. and was second only to Kitasan Black (Jpn) (Black Tide {Jpn}) in the G1 Arima Kinen two months ago. This is also the family of the G2 Jockey Club Cup hero and G1 Hong Kong Cup runner-up Secret Weapon (GB) (Choisir {Aus}) and the Spanish Horse of the year Diego Valor (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €12,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC (KY); T-Francois Rohaut.

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