Pattern Race Success For Heart's Cry In France

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Aidan O'Brien trainee Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}–Fluff {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) notched a landmark score for his sire (by Sunday Silence) when snagging an Aug. 20 maiden over seven furlongs at the Curragh and maintained his perfect record with a battling success in a controversial renewal of Friday's one-mile G3 Prix Thomas Bryon Jockey Club du Turquie at Saint-Cloud. The eventual winner occupied a slot behind the leaders in third and was safely clear of trouble to his outer when British challenger Captain Wierzba (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) parted company with Rossa Ryan at halfway, the rider having been shoved from his mount by Christophe Soumillon aboard Syros (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Rowed along to reduce arrears soon after turning for home, the 2-1 favourite Continuous was ridden to go second approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly under urging in the latter stages to prevail by 3/4-of-a-length from the subsequently demoted Syros. Soumillon was sanctioned with a 60-day ban Oct. 14 through Dec. 12) for dangerous riding, but will be permitted to take his booked rides at ParisLongchamp this weekend.

“It was a very good performance for a horse who had just run once to win a maiden,” commented Coolmore representative Hermine Bastide. “Aidan [O'Brien} was quite confident he would have no problems staying the distance. Looking at his pedigree on his dam's side, it suggested he'd be capable of handling soft going and Ryan [Moore] said the ground was okay for him. Aidan will talk to the owners and he could come back here for the [Oct. 22 G1] Criterium International.”

Continuous, half-brother to a yearling filly by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) and a weanling colt by Wootton Bassett {GB}), is the third of five foals and one of two scorers out of a winning full-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}, herself the dam of G1 2000 Guineas-winning sire Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The March-foaled bay's dam is also a full-sister to dual Group 1-placed G3 Silver Flash S. victrix Promise To Be True (Ire). His stakes-winning second dam Sumora (Ire) (Danehill) is kin to G1 Oaks and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Dancing Rain (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) from the family of multiple Group 1-winning sire Dr Devious (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}).

Friday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX THOMAS BRYON JOCKEY CLUB DE TURQUIE-G3, €80,000, Saint-Cloud, 9-30, 2yo, 8fT, 1:45.86, vsf.
1–CONTINUOUS (JPN), 126, c, 2, by Heart's Cry (Jpn)
1st Dam: Fluff (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Sumora (Ire), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Rain Flower (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (JPN); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €49,735. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Make Me King (Fr), 126, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Miss Infinity (Ire), by Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (130,000gns Ylg '21 TAOCT). O/B-Haras Voltaire (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €16,000.
3–Times Boulevard (Fr), 126, c, 2, Shalaa (Ire)–See You Always (GB), by Siyouni (Fr). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Allan Belshaw; B-Times of Wigan Ltd (FR); T-Christophe Ferland. €12,000.
Margins: (3/4, HD, 7). Odds: 2.00, 3.30, 2.20.
Also Ran: Behind The Scenes (Ire), *Syros (Fr). DNF: Captain Wierzba (GB). Scratched: Knockhill (Ire). Video, sponsored by TVG.
*Demoted from 2nd.

 

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