By Tom Frary
The only filly in the line-up, Luminate stepped up markedly from her winning Deauville debut over a mile Aug. 22 to dominate the colts and suggest she can be a leading player in the 2018 Classics. Settled in a clear second early as the G3 Prix des Chenes winner Stage Magic (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) set out to make it a test, the bay was able to brush him aside passing the 300-metre marker and readily assert under hand riding from Aurelien Lemaitre to register an impressive success as the colts finished strung out. “When she won at Deauville, I really thought she would stay well in the future and that is the case,” trainer Freddy Head said. “I expected a good run, but not for her to win so easily. She loved the trip and the very soft ground and I think we'll put her away for the season now. I know there is the [G1] Criterium de Saint-Cloud, but I doubt she will run in that.”
Luminate's dam Kalandara is a half-sister to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf and G1 Champion S.-winning sire Kalanisi (Ire), as well as the G2 Scottish Derby winner and G1 St. James's Palace S. runner-up Kalaman (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}) and the Listed Prix Melisande scorer and G2 Prix de Malleret second Kaloura (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}). The second dam Kalamba is a full-sister to the Listed Diamond S. winner Karaferya, as well as a half to the excellent producer Jeanetta Cochrane (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) whose progeny list is headed by the G2 Queensland Guineas-winning sire Saxon (Aus). Kalandara also has a yearling filly by Lope de Vega (Ire) and a colt full-brother to Luminate.
Saturday, Chantilly, France
PRIX DE CONDE-G3, €80,000, CHY, 10-7, 2yo, 9fT, 1:51.16, vsf.
1–LUMINATE (IRE), 121, f, 2, by Lawman (Fr)
1st Dam: Kalandara (Ire), by Rainbow Quest
2nd Dam: Kalamba (Ire), by Green Dancer
3rd Dam: Kareena (Ire), by Riverman
*1st Stakes win. (€85,000 Ylg '16 GOFORB). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing; B-Philip & Jane Myerscough (IRE); T-Freddy Head; J-Aurelien Lemaitre. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €53,500. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Kingstar (Fr), 125, c, 2, Evasive (GB)–King's Parody (Ire), by King's Best. (€20,000 Ylg '16 OSLATE). O-Team Valor International & Ecurie des Charmes; B-Charles Barel (FR); T-Pia Brandt. €16,000.
3–King of Camelot (Fr), 125, c, 2, Camelot (GB)">Camelot (GB)–Miss Emma May (Ire), by Hawk Wing. (€320,000 Ylg '16 ARAUG). O-Derrick Smith, Equifrance Holdings, Mayfair Speculators SARL, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Guy Heald (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000.
Margins: 3, 6, NK. Odds: 7.10, 5.20, 8.00.
Also Ran: Parabak (Fr), Korevsky (Ire), Stage Magic (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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