By Tom Frary
Allowed her own way in front in Sunday's G3 Al Shira'aa Racing Prix Vanteaux, Concorde Agreement (Persian King) punished her peers with a dynamic display to dominate ParisLongchamp's nine-furlong Classic pointer.
“She's confirmed what I thought of her–I don't have a lot of horses but her preparation had gone well,” Groualle said of Concorde Agreement, who races for the American owner Chris Baccari, Hubert Guy, Jean-Philippe Dubois and Arthur Pean and is entered in the Prix de Diane. “I'm not saying she's as good as him, but she has the action of her father. Her strength is her ability to kill horses from the front and I asked Clement to ride her as he did first time. It's very emotional, as this is my first Group win–not bad! We can dream, but we'll take it step-by-step.”
Sent off at 18-1 despite the manner of her impressive debut on Chantilly's Polytrack in December, the Pierre Groualle-trained relative of the great Montjeu proved in a different league to the rest as she surged to a 1 3/4-length succcess under Clement Lecoeuvre.
Despite her efforts on the front end, the winner closed out with a three-furlong sectional of 33.72, with the overall time a second and a half faster than the colt Segall (Sottsass) managed in the preceding G3 Prix la Force. Leading the chase was the 55-1 shot Lethal Beauty (Acclamation), with 3/4 of a length back to Maintain (Kingman) in third.
Two from two!
Concorde Agreement steals a march on her rivals and makes no mistake thereafter in the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux!
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Pedigree Notes
Bred by Anthony Gourama, who acquired the dam La Concorde (Sadler's Wells) from the late Jimmy Goldsmith's Domaine de Montjeu, Concorde Agreement becomes the second Group winner for her second-crop sire who captured the Prix du Moulin here.
La Concorde had begun to suffer fertility problems by the time her daughter La Dragontea (Lope De Vega) came to the fore by capturing the GII Canadian Stakes and finishing runner-up in the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes and this filly was her first progeny since 2018.
Her connection to Montjeu comes via the second dam La Leuze (Caerleon), a half-sister to the aforementioned champion, with the family including Acclamation's Prix de la Foret-winning sire Aclaim and the Classic winners Again (Danehill Dancer) and Galileo Gold (Paco Boy). After Concorde Agreement, the dam has produced a two-year-old colt again by Persian King who was a €16,000 purchase by Imperial Bloodstock at the Arqana Deauville Autumn Sale.
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