Black-Type Analysis: Eponine Tests Classic Future In Prix Aymeri de Mauleon
Updated: April 19, 2025 at 12:10 pm
Sunday, Toulouse, France, post time: 16:07, PRIX AYMERI DE MAULEON – FONDS EUROPEAN DE L'ELEVAGE-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, 8fT
Field: Tipinso (Fr) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Instant Fragile (Fr) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Eggleston (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Charengo (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}), Merano (Swi) (Vanishing Cupid {Swi}), Rue Roy (Fr) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), Eponine (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), Medusa Merger (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), Stupor Mundi (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Given the time of year, there is still scope for this to be a Classic trial if the right type steps up and the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulcihes entry Eponine could be just that after two wins from two starts at Pau. Out of a half to the 2017 winner of that Classic, Precieuse (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), the Cotton House Bloodstock homebred meets last year's Listed Criterium du Languedoc winner Tipinso, who was not disgraced under a penalty on his seasonal bow here last month.
Sunday, Toulouse, France, post time: 16:42, PRIX CARAVELLE – HARAS DES GRANGES – FONDS EUROPEAN DE L'ELEVAGE-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT
Field: Zakharova (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Ginalyah (Ire) (Chachnak {Fr}), Rabbit's Foot (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Pinatique (Fr) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Porte Molitor (Fr) (Taj Mahal {Ire}), Three Pearls (Fr) (Intello {Ger}), Feve (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Soccer Sister (Ire) (Havana Gold {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Another unbeaten and unexposed type shows up here in Pinatique, a G1 Prix de Diane entry who hails from the distinguished family of Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). While she needs to up her game on her last-out win at Bordeaux-le-Bouscat in March, with her genetics and connections it is hard to say how far she can go at this stage. The debut course-and-distance winner Rabbit's Foot is interesting, being by the sprinter Golden Horde but endowed with stamina from the dam who has already produced last year's G2 Prix d'Harcourt scorer and G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes runner-up Zarakem (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}).
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