By Sean Cronin
Crown Walk (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was successful once in three starts for Charlie Appleby before transferring to Alex Pantall, annexed a May 14 conditions heat at Saint-Cloud for her new trainer and lined up for Monday's G3 Prix Chloe returning off an unlucky-in-running second in the June 3 G2 Prix de Sandringham going one mile at the same Chantilly track last time. Stalking the pace in second until gaining a slender advantage going well with 300 metres remaining, she was shaken up entering the final eighth and kept on gamely under forceful urging out to hold the late surge of My Sister Nat (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) by a nose for a career high. “This is a well-deserved Group-race victory because she was very unlucky, to say the least, last time in the Sandringham,” said Pantall. “The manner of her win today gives me a slight doubt about her stamina so I will take to reflect before making a decision on where to go next. Of course, the [Aug. 18 G2] Prix de la Nonette [over 10 furlongs back here] is a possibility.”
Crown Walk is one of nine winners produced by Dunnes River (Danzig), herself a winning daughter of GSP G1 Coronation S. runner-up Elizabeth Bay (Mr. Prospector), and the homebred chestnut is kin to a trio of stakes scorers which features G1 Prix Ganay hero Cutlass Bay (UAE) (Halling), G2 King Edward VII S. winner Boscobel (GB) (Halling) and MGSP Listed Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile victor Crested (GB) (Fantastic Light). She is also half to a yearling colt by Dawn Approach (Ire).
Monday, Chantilly, France
PRIX CHLOE-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 7-9, 3yo, f, 9fT, 1:52.14, gd.
1–CROWN WALK (GB), 123, f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Dunnes River, by Danzig
2nd Dam: Elizabeth Bay, by Mr. Prospector
3rd Dam: Life At The Top, by Seattle Slew
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Godolphin SNC; B-Godolphin (GB); T-Henri-Alex Pantall; J-William Buick. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-2-0, €94,914. *1/2 to Cutlass Bay (UAE) (Halling), G1SW-Fr & SP-Tur, $533,172; Boscobel (GB) (Halling), GSW-Eng, $359,504; and Crested (GB) (Fantastic Light), SW & MGSP-US, $475,349. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–My Sister Nat (Fr), 123, f, 3, Acclamation (GB)–Starlet's Sister (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (€20,000 Ylg '16 ARQFEB). O-Gemini Stud; B-Ecurie des Monceaux (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €16,000.
3–Flowrider, 123, f, 3, Street Cry (Ire)–Wavering (Ire), by Refuse to Bend (Ire). O-Godolphin SNC; B-Godolphin (KY); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000.
Margins: NO, 1HF, SNK. Odds: 5.40, 2.60, 1.00.
Also Ran: Kodiak West (Ire), Beagling (Fr), Estijlaa (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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