Abbaye Glory For Oasis Dream’s Goldream

Already successful in the G1 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot June 16, Goldream was able to pull off a rare sprint double as this prize went outside of France as it had on all bar three occasions since 1997. Maturing into a top handicapper in this sphere last term, the bay beat the subsequent Abbaye hero Move In Time (GB) (Monsieur Bond {Ire}) in Ascot’s Shergar Cup Dash over this trip in last August before finishing fourth to Muthmir in Doncaster’s Portland H. and second at Haydock in September. Returning with a signal of intent when annexing Newmarket’s G3 Palace House S. May 2, he was only seventh in Haydock’s G2 Temple S. staged on dead ground three weeks later prior to his significant career-high on the opening day of the Royal meeting. Given a break before a satisfactory re-introduction when fifth in the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York Aug. 21, Goldream built on that effort to benefit from the absence of Mecca’s Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Held up in mid-division early by Martin Harley, he was temporarily swamped by Rangali as the pair made their moves either side of Muthmir approaching the furlong pole, but he managed to reel in that rival in the final strides. “It’s not easy to win two Group 1 sprints in the same year, as they depend very much on tactics, but today he had the fast pace he needs and the jockey sensibly held him back and waited. He also got fast ground, which is a great help.” Henri-Alex Pantall, who was the sole French stable represented with just two home-trained runners, was ruing getting so close to victory with Rangali. “He has a lot of quality, but is a little bit tricky and the type who when he hits the front too early stops,” he explained. “That’s what happened today, but we’ll keep going.”

Sunday, Longchamp, France
QATAR PRIX DE L’ABBAYE DE LONGCHAMP-G1, €350,000, LCP, 10-4, 2yo/up, 5fT, :54.79, gd.
1–GOLDREAM (GB), 137, g, 6, by Oasis Dream (GB)
1st Dam: Clizia (Ire), by Machiavellian
2nd Dam: Cuixmala (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr)
3rd Dam: Floripedes (Fr), by Top Ville (Ire)
(48,000gns RNA HRA ‘12 TA12). O-J Sargeant &
Mrs J Morley; B-Tsega Breeding Ltd (GB); T-Robert
Cowell; J-Martin Harley. €199,990. Lifetime Record:
G1SW-Eng, 33-7-6-5, €648,139. Werk Nick Rating:
A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Rangali (GB), 137, c, 4, Namid (GB)–Tejaara, by
Kingmambo. O/T-Henri-Alex Pantall. B-Henri-Alex
Pantall & Mme Yvette Chabot (GB). €80,010.
3–Muthmir (Ire), 137, g, 5, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Fairy
of the Night (Ire), by Danehill. (130,000gns Ylg ‘11
TAOC). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum;
B-Sunderland Holdings Ltd (IRE); T-William Haggas.
€40,005.
Margins: SHD, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 9.00, 42.70, 3.20.
Also Ran: Pearl Secret (GB), Move in Time (GB), Mirza (GB), Caspian Prince (Ire), Steps (Ire), Sole Power (GB), Stepper Point (GB), Monsieur Joe (Ire), Take Cover (GB), Son Cesio (Fr), Humidor (Ire), Maarek (GB), Justice Day (Ire), Gutaifan (Ire), Watchable (GB). Scratched: Mecca’s Angel (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result, the PMU PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.