Style Vendome's Lily's Candle Swoops For Marcel Boussac Triumph

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   Allowed off at an almost unconsidered 27-1, Martin Schwartz's Lily's Candle (Fr) (Style Vendome {Fr}) upstaged her seven rivals and swooped late for Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac to kick off ParisLongchamp's Arc Sunday with a bang. The grey yielded an instant dividend on the €390,000 Schwartz had paid the night before at Arqana's Arc Sale. Having opened up with a June 15 debut sixth tackling seven furlongs at Saint-Cloud, she graduated upped to one mile at Marseille-Borely next time July 12 before doubling up in the Aug. 4 Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles reverting to seven at Vichy and she was a last-out fourth over that distance here in the Sept. 2 G3 Prix La Rochette. Settled at the tail of the field for the most part, she was under pressure when gifted an opportunity for a wide run with 300 metres remaining and kept on relentlessly for continued rousting in the closing stages to deny Matematica (Ger) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) by a short neck nearing the line. Star Terms (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) endured traffic in the straight and proved best of the rest, the same margin adrift in third. “She was sold last night at the Arqana sale and it's turned out to be a lovely investment,” said winning trainer Fabrice Vermeulen. “We ran her hoping for a place, but with the strong pace and waiting tactics she was capable of showing more than we expected. I'm over the moon and shaking with joy after collecting a Group 1 prize. Now that she's been bought by Mr Schwartz, I don't know if she'll remain here or be sent to America, but this win is a good advertisement for keeping her with me!” Carlos Laffon-Parias was delighted with the performance of runner-up Matematica, who remains a maiden after two starts, adding, “She was beaten narrowly [over this course and distance] in her first run, but we'd have run her anyway even if she'd won. It was a bit of a gamble, but the owners were sporting and played along with the plan. I thought she had it won at one point and it was a most promising effort. She'll be a long odds-on favourite if she returns in a maiden next season.”

   Lily's Candle, half-sister to a yearling filly by American Post (GB), is the first pattern-race winner for Golden Lily (Fr) (Dolphin Street {Fr}), who is a winning half-sister to three-time stakes scorer Liliside (Fr) (American Post {GB}), herself the dam of MG1SP G3 Tokyo Shimbun Hai and G3 Artemis S. victress Lys Gracieux (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}). Golden Lily is also kin to Listed Prix La Camargo victress Lily America (Fr) (American Post {GB}) and G3 Prix Miesque runner-up The Wise Lady (Fr) (Ganges), who in turn is the dam of G3 Premio Sergio Cumani heroine Ming Zhi Cosmos (Fr) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) and Listed Prix Zeddaan victor Melodyman (Fr) (Green Tune). The Wise Lady is also the granddam of G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Robin of Navan (Fr) (American Post {GB}).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
QATAR PRIX MARCEL BOUSSAC – CRITERIUM DES POULICHES-G1, €400,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-7, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:38.98, gd.
1–LILY'S CANDLE (FR), 123, f, 2, by Style Vendome (Fr)
1st Dam: Golden Lily (Fr), by Dolphin Street (Fr)
2nd Dam: Miller's Lily (Fr), by Miller's Mate (GB)
3rd Dam: Lymara (Fr), by Lyphard
1ST GROUP WIN. (€15,000 Ylg '17 AROCT; €390,000 HRA '18 ARQARC). O-Martin S Schwartz Racing; B-Mme Pierre Lepeudry (FR); T-Fabrice Vermeulen; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, €275,560. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.[bullet ad=”oceanic-bloodstock-purchased-by-double”][bullet ad=”frbc-trained-at-chantilly-2018″]2–Matematica (Ger), 123, f, 2, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)–Mathematicienne (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (GER); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €91.440.
3–Star Terms (GB), 123, f, 2, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Best Terms (GB), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). O-R Barnett; B-W&R Barnett Ltd (GB); T-Richard Hannon. €45,720.
Margins: SNK, SNK, HF. Odds: 27.00, 11.00, 6.10.
Also Ran: Lagrandecatherine (Fr), Pink Dogwood (Ire), Rocques (Fr), Dubai Beauty (Ire), Ceratonia (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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