TDN RISING STARS

September 13, 2023 - CHANTILLY, Race 5, Mdn, EUR €0, , .0000

Casapueblo (Ire), C, 2, 2021 by Le Havre (Ire)

1st Dam: Uruguay (Ire), by Authorized (Ire)
2nd Dam: Uruk (GB), by Efisio (GB)
3rd Dam: Lili Cup (Fr), by Fabulous Dancer

Owner: Godolphin
Breeder: Eric Puerari & Ecurie Ades Hazan (IRE)
Trainer: Andre Fabre

Godolphin's EUR130,000 Arqana October acquisition Casapueblo (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}-Uruguay {Ire}, by Authorized {Ire}) justified 7-5 favouritism by overcoming traffic issues and was elevated to the 'TDN Rising Star' ranks with a taking display in Wednesday's Prix de la Maniguette at Chantilly.

The eventual winner lobbed along in third through steady early stages, but slipped to fourth when brake-checked and impeded approaching halfway in this debut. Full of run along the rail when encountering heavy traffic passing the quarter-mile marker, he found an open lane inside the final 300 metres and unleashed a powerful turn of foot to win, going away, by a length from Ouro Preto (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Casapueblo becomes his sire's third Rising Star and he joins G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Commes (Fr) and G3 Prix de Guiche third Another Sky (Fr) on the list.

"He had been working well in the mornings and we hoped to see him confirm it on the racecourse," said Godolphin's Louise Benard. "We really liked what we saw and no doubt he will stay further in due course. Anthony Stroud liked him at the Arqana October sale and bought him, even though this is not the type of horse Godolphin is looking at in a sale. It has paid off and we will now see what Mr Fabre wants to do with him."