Karaktar Annexes the G3 Prix Noailles

Dominant in the mud when storming to a seven-length success in the Listed Prix Francois Mathet over 10 1/2 furlongs at Saint-Cloud Mar. 28, Karaktar took this supposedly stiffer test on much livelier ground using his impressive stride to advertise his versatility as well as his abundant class. Keeping esteemed company from the outset, the bay was third on debut behind the susbequent G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) over a mile at this course at the start of September before scoring over that distance at Maisons-Laffitte later in the month. Racing among the majority who stayed on the far side as the filly Alea Iacta (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) went up the other fence when third in the G3 Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud in October, the homebred had returned an entirely different proposition upped in trip for the Francois Mathet and looked as potent again this time. Stalking the leading trio early under Christophe Soumillon, Karaktar cruised to the front out wide passing the quarter pole and with a shake of the reins drew clear to outclass his rivals. “He is a proper horse with a very good attitude who does everything we ask of him,” trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre commented. “We now have to think about the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and we have two ways of getting there. We either run beforehand in the G2 Prix Hocquart here or go straight there and at this stage my preference is for the second option.”

Monday, Longchamp, France
PRIX NOAILLES-G3, €80,000, LCP, 4-20, 3yo, 
10 1/2fT, 2:08.61, gd. 
1–@KARAKTAR (IRE), 128, c, 3, by High Chaparral (Ire)
     1st Dam: Karawana (Ire), by King’s Best
     2nd Dam: Karaliyfa (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire)
3rd Karliyka (Ire), by Last Tycoon (Ire)
O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs 
SC (Ire); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe 
Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 5 starts, 
3 wins, 2 places, €95,600. Werk Nick Rating: A++. 
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 
2–High Dynamite (Fr), 128, c, 3, Kentucky Dynamite– 
Highborne (Fr), by Anabaa. (€7,000 wnlg ‘12 
ARQDEC; €45,000 2yo ‘14 ARQMAY). O-Mme Jade 
Prescillia Angelini & Stephane Szwarc; B-Haras du 
Quesnay (Fr); T-Antoine de Watrigant. €16,000. 
3–Best of Max (Fr), 128, c, 3, Kentucky Dynamite– 
Olanga (Ger), by Shareef Dancer. O/B-Haras de 
Quetieville (Fr); T-Eric Libaud. €12,000. 
Margins: 3HF, NK, NK. Odds: 0.60, 5.60, 15.00. 
Also Ran: Sarrasin (GB), Toruk (Fr), Campione (Fr). Scratched: Khareef (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.