By Tom Frary
2nd-Bordeaux-le-Bouscat, €18,000, Mdn, 3-29, 2yo, 5fT, 1:03.86, sf.
GALICIANA (FR) (f, 2, Galiway {GB}–Kendala {Fr}, by Kendargent {Fr}), sent off at nearly 8-1, broke professionally to take a sit behind the leading duo tucked against the rail. Getting a split on the inner at the top of the straight, the homebred was in front passing the furlong marker and stayed on despite drifting left to score by 1 1/2 lengths from Elegua (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}). Galiciana is the first winner for Haras de Colleville's first-season sire (by Galileo {Ire}), a former Wertheimer-Fabre composition who was successful at listed level and placed twice in group company. A son of the smart racemare and renowned broodmare Danzigaway (Danehill), he stands for €3,000 at Guy Pariente's establishment. Galiciana is also the first foal out of the dam, who hails from the Lagardere/Aga Khan family of the GI Breeders' Cup Mile-winning sire Val Royal (Fr) and the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Valyra (GB) (Azamour {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €9,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Guy Pariente; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Philippe Sogorb.
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