By Sean Cronin
Juddmonte's Gilded Prize (Frankel) followed up a debut score at Chantilly in November with a TDN Rising Star effort back there on sophomore return last month and continued her rise through the ranks with an impressive pillar-to-post performance in Friday's G3 Prix Cleopatre at Saint-Cloud.
“She's definitely taken a step forward there,” commented rider Colin Keane. “She's very big and still learning on the job. She's a filly with a big future and hopefully building towards Group 1 level.”
Francis Graffard added, “She's a very good filly and she answered the call today. Given her physique and attitude, I always thought she had the right profile to go to the Oaks at Epsom, but there is speed in her pedigree and she has a good gear change so will be my filly for the Prix de Diane.”
“I don't know where we'll go in between, we'll see how she is as she was blowing a lot there,” the trainer continued. “I think she was in need of the run, as she does the bare minimum in the mornings. She has such a stride, it's too easy for her and you can't work her too hard. We'll discuss it with the owners, it could be that she runs in the [May 10 G2] Prix Saint-Alary.”
The even-money favourite was the swiftest of six into stride and set the tone from flagfall. In command throughout, she was asked to stretch passing the quarter-mile marker and powered clear of toiling rivals in the closing stages to hit the line with a 3 1/2-length buffer back to Warriors Whisper (Lope De Vega).
Pedigree Notes
Gilded Prize is the third of five foals and one of two scorers from as many runners out of Grade III-winning GI Flower Bowl Invitational and GI Beverly D Stakes placegetter Grand Jete (Dansili), herself kin to the stakes-placed Diderot (Bated Breath).
Her second dam is G2 Prix de Sandringham and G3 Prix Miesque victrix Modern Look (Zamindar), herself a daughter of G1 Cheveley Park Stakes-winning matriarch Prophecy (Warning).
The winner is a full-sister to the unraced two-year-old filly Dorrin and a yearling colt.
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GILDED PRIZE is in a league of her own at Saint-Cloud…@ctkjockey @GraffardRacing @JuddmonteFarms pic.twitter.com/rudjj1WyNZ
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 17, 2026
Friday, Saint-Cloud, France
HENRI MATISSE COOLMORE PRIX CLEOPATRE-G3, €73,300, Saint-Cloud, 4-17, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:19.37, gd.
1–GILDED PRIZE (GB), 126, f, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Grand Jete (GB) (GSW & MGISP-US), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Modern Look (GB), by Zamindar
3rd Dam: Prophecy (Ire), by Warning (GB)
TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte Farms Inc; B-Juddmonte Farms Ireland Ltd; T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Colin Keane. €36,600. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €63,100. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Warriors Whisper (Ire), 126, f, 3, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Normandel (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (1,000,000 Ylg '24 ARQAUG). O-Victorious Forever; B-Ballylinch Stud; T-Carlos & Yann Lerner. €14,640.
3–Blanche De Medicis (Ire), 126, f, 3, Waldgeist (GB)–Bianca De Medici (GB), by Medicean (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€115,000 Wlg '23 ARQDEC; €190,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Baron Edouard de Rothschild; B-SCEA du Grand Chene; T-Andre Fabre. €10,980.
Margins: 3HF, NO, 2HF. Odds: 1.00, 7.20, 16.00.
Also Ran: Arkansas (Fr), Turbulente (Ire), Takerya (Fr).
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