Team Valor International has acquired recent G3 Prix La Rochette winner The Black Album (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and will point him to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Nov. 2. It was the juvenile's third win in four starts.
“This colt is just the right size for American racing, with tremendous athleticism,” Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin said. “He has the ability to lay handy, pounce instantly when asked and moxie to hold off all challengers the length of the stretch. What's so darn exciting about this guy is that he has top form already. In fact in all the years we've been doing this, we have never bought a European colt that was so highly ranked or accomplished as a juvenile.”
The Black Album will be considered for one final race in France, the G3 Prix Thomas Bryon Oct. 4 at Saint-Cloud, but it is possible that he will train straight up to the Breeders' Cup. His current trainer Jane Soubagne will saddle The Black Album for the Breeders' Cup and then turn the colt over to Kentucky-based trainer Rodolphe Brisset.
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