By Tom Frary
Thursday's Prix du Val Saint-Georges at Chantilly shaped like a mini Group race and it was Juddmonte's exciting Frankel filly Gilded Prize who emerged on top to become her sire's 46th TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard.
Back over the same course and 9 1/2-furlong distance of her winning start in November, the Francis Graffard-trained daughter of the Beverly D. and Flower Bowl Stakes-placed Grand Jete (Dansili) moved easily over the Polytrack taking a lead early.
Asked to intensify approaching the final furlong by Colin Keane, the 6-5 favourite opened up her significant stride to register a comfortable two-length success from her winning stablemate Just The Two of Us (Sea the Moon), with the long-time leader Turbulente (Australia) a length away in third.
“She is a filly with potential, moves well, is a good physical and is well-balanced–a mile and a quarter will be no problem, so it all augurs well,” Graffard said. “She is one of the best fillies I have. She is in the [Apr. 17 G3] Prix Cleopatre and we can then think about the Diane or the Oaks at Epsom.”
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The winner is the second runner for Grand Jete, whose career-best success came in the GIII Eatontown Stakes and who is a daughter of the G2 Prix de Sandringham and G3 Prix Miesque scorer Modern Look (Zamindar). The third dam is the Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Prophecy (Warning), who produced Dansili's triple Australian Group 1 winner Foreteller and the operation's Listed-winning Arabesque (Zafonic) who was responsible for the classy sprinters and established sires Showcasing and Camacho. Her two-year-old filly Dorrin and yearling colt are full-siblings to the winner.
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