Tale of the Kat

After wins in the 11-furlong Prix de la Seine at Longchamp May 10 and Chantilly’s G3 Prix de Royaumont three weeks later, His Highness The Aga Khan’s Kataniya (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) bids to maintain the winning sequence as she continues to scale the heights in Sunday’s G2 Prix de Malleret at Saint-Cloud. Despite having just a neck to spare over the re-opposing Sea Calisi (Fr) (Youmzain {Ire}) on the latter occasion, the homebred was forced to make her own running and should be helped this time by the pacemaker Minya (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire}). 

Andre Fabre holds the record of seven winners of this prize, and relies on the Wertheimers’ Solilea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who showed improved form upped to this trip when winning a Longchamp maiden last time June 8, while Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Yaazy (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) is another who is certain to relish this greater test of stamina after also getting off the mark at Longchamp May 19.