By Sean Cronin
Last month's G1 Prix Ganay hero Sosie (Sea The Stars) justified connections' decision to part with a €18,000 supplementary fee and pounced late to celebrate a hat-trick of Group 1 ParisLongchamp triumphs in Sunday's G1 Prix d'Ispahan at the Bois de Boulogne venue.
The 7-10 favourite annexed last year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris and also ran third in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and fourth in the G1 Arc. Sosie winner endured a degree of awkwardness during the opening skirmishes and tracked the leaders in fourth for the most part here. Urged closer soon after straightening for home, he came under forceful rousting inside the final quarter-mile and overhauled Sardinian Warrior (Saxon Warrior) in the dying embers for an ultimately snug one-length success. Last year's runner-up Horizon Dore (Dabirsim) hit the board once more and finished 2 1/2 lengths further adrift in third.
“There was a slight concern that Sosie might not have enough turn of foot for a race over 1,850 metres, which is a different test compared to 2,400 metres,” commented the owners' racing manager Pierre-Yves Bureau. “Maxime Guyon made sure he was always well-positioned in the race and gave him a great ride. The horse has now reached full physical maturity and he looked absolutely magnificent today. He was very impressive and I believe he's simply very good. He comes from a staying family, but his dam was more of a miler.”
Sosie picks up impressively to reel in Sardinian Warrior and take out the Group One Prix d'Ispahan at ParisLongchamp! 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/CDzfhxt9zG
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Pedigree Notes
Sosie, one of his sire's 22 elite-level winners, is the fifth of seven foals and one of four scorers produced by Listed Prix Coronation third Sosia (Shamardal), herself a half-sister to G1 Premio Lydia Tesio heroine Sortilege (Tiger Hill). The March-foaled bay is full to a yearling colt. He is also a half-brother to this term's G3 Prix Noailles victor Uther (Camelot), multiple Group 3-placed Listed Prix Rose de Mai and Listed Prix Charles Laffitte victrix Anasia (Intello), the stakes-winning Copie (Iffraaj) and G3 Prix Daphnis runner-up Sosino (New Approach). His second dam Sahel (Monsun), herself a daughter of storied blue hen Sacarina (Old Vic), is the ancestress of the dual Group 1-placed dual Group 2 winner Straight (Zarak).
Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX D'ISPAHAN-G1, €250,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-25, 4yo/up, 9 1/4fT, 1:51.88, g/s.
1–SOSIE (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Sosia (Ger) (SP-Fr), by Shamardal
2nd Dam: Sahel (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
3rd Dam: Sacarina (GB), by Old Vic (GB)
O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon. €142,850. Lifetime Record: 9-6-1-1, €1,242,660. *1/2 to Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}), GSW-Fr; Anasia (GB) (Intello {Ger}), MSW & MGSP-Fr, $147,779; Copie (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), SW-Ger; and Sosino (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), GSP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Sardinian Warrior (Ire), 128, c, 4, Saxon Warrior (Jpn)–La Collina (Ire), by Strategic Prince (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (200,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE). O-Marcstown Ltd; B-Kenilworth House Stud (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. €57,150.
3–Horizon Dore (Fr), 128, g, 5, Dabirsim (Fr)–Sweet Alabama (Fr), by Enrique (GB). (€45,000 Ylg '21 ARQAUG). O-Gousserie Racing, Ecurie du Sud, Ecurie Gribomont, Mme Chantal Becq, Daniel Dumoulin & Michel Delaunay; B-Mme Chantal Becq (FR); T-Patrice Cottier. €28,575.
Margins: 1, 2HF, 2. Odds: 1.70, 1.90, 8.40.
Also Ran: Elmalka (GB), Dare To Dream (Fr), Caramelito (Fr). Scratched: Alcantor (Fr).
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