By Sean Cronin
7th-CHY, €27,000, Mdn, 11-21, unraced 2yo, c/g, 8f (AWT), 1:40.12, st.
MAGNY COURS (c, 2, Medaglia d'Oro">Medaglia d'Oro–Indy Five Hundred {GISW-US, $244, 510}, by A.P. Indy) raced under restraint off the tempo in sixth through halfway in this debut. Coaxed into contention at the quarter-mile marker, the 3-5 favourite made his challenge between rivals approaching the final eighth and was pushed out in the closing stages to comfortably best Julian Rock (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) by three lengths. The homebred bay becomes the fifth scorer for GI Garden City Breeders' Cup H. heroine Indy Five Hundred (A.P. Indy) and he is a half-brother to G2 Superlative S. runner-up Ecliptic (Kingmambo), a yearling colt by Pioneerof the Nile and a colt foal by Street Sense. Indy Five Hundred is a daughter of G2 Nassau S. victress Lyphard's Delta (Lyphard), herself out of MGISW US champion Proud Delta (Delta Judge), and is thus kin to G1 Gran Criterium-winning sire Biondetti (Bernardini) and three-time Grade III winner Delta Princess (A.P. Indy), who in turn produced five black-type performers headed by MGISW US champion Royal Delta (Empire Maker) and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup victress Crown Queen (Smart Strike). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Godolphin SNC; B-Godolphin (KY); T-Andre Fabre.[bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred”]
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