By Tom Frary
After an uncharacteristically poor Arc run and Ganay defeat at the hands of Daryz, Aventure (Sea The Stars) needed a confidence boost and that came in Sunday's G2 Prix Corrida at ParisLongchamp.
Back at the scene of her Prix Vermeille success in September and of her gallant second in the 2024 Arc, the Wertheimers' high-class five-year-old went through the 10 1/2-furlong test with all her familiar gusto taking a lead under Maxime Guyon.
Sent on two out, the 11-10 favourite responded with relish to seal the result and by the time Juddmonte's G3 Prix Allez France scorer Sunly (Night Of Thunder) entered the equation it was too late. At the line, 3/4 of a length separated the classy distaffers, with the outsider Euboa (Soldier Hollow) 1 1/4 lengths away in third.
“She's back,” the winner's trainer Christophe Ferland stated. “She showed good acceleration today and has options, one of which is [the Pretty Polly in] Ireland.”
She's so good! 🩵
Last year's winner AVENTURE does it again in the Group 2 Prix Corrida for @teamchferland… pic.twitter.com/ew2EgoA8ri
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 24, 2026
Pedigree Notes
Aventure's G2 Prix de Royallieu-winning dam Balladeuse (Singspiel) is also responsible for the fellow Vermeille heroine Left Hand (Dubawi) and the Listed scorer Blissie (Dansili), who is in turn the dam of the G2 Prix Dollar winner and Prix du Jockey Club runner-up First Look (Lope De Vega). A half to the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Plumania (Anabaa), who in turn produced four Stakes performers including another smart Dubawi in the G2 Prix du Muguet victor Plumatic, she is also connected to the dual Prix Royal-Oak hero Double Major (Daiwa Major).
Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX CORRIDA-G2, €119,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-24, 4yo/up, f/m, 10 1/2fT, 2:11.39, g/s.
1–AVENTURE (IRE), 127, m, 5, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Balladeuse (Fr) (GSW-Fr), by Singspiel (Ire)
2nd Dam: Featherquest (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Featherhill (Fr), by Lyphard
TDN Rising Star. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Christophe Ferland; J-Maxime Guyon. €67,830. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 15-7-5-1, €2,153,860. *1/2 to Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), G1SW-Fr; Bilissie (GB) (Dansili {GB}), SW-Fr; and Romanciere (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), G1SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Sunly (GB), 127, f, 4, Night Of Thunder (Ire)–Suffused (GB), by Champs Elysees (GB). O-Juddmonte Farms Inc; B-Juddmonte Farms Ireland Ltd; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €26,180.
3–Euboa (Fr), 127, m, 6, Soldier Hollow (GB)–Eudokia (GB), by Duke Of Marmalade (Ire). O/B-Erich Schwaiger; T-Markus Munch. €12,495.
Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 1.10, 1.60, 54.00.
Also Ran: Santagada (GB), Modern Light (Fr), Light The Ghost (Ger), We'll Defend (Fr).
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