Dalakhani Filly Strikes In the Minerve

Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX MINERVE-G3, €80,000, DVL, 8-16, 3yo, f, 12 1/2fT, 2:45.79, vsf.
1–@CANDARLIYA (FR), 121, f, 3, by Dalakhani (Ire)
1st Dam: Candara (Fr) by Barathea (Ire)
2nd Dam: Caribbeandriftwood, by Woodman
3rd Dam: Drifting, by Lyphard
O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR). T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 7 starts, 4 wins, 3 places, €110,950. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Yaazy (Ire), 121, f, 3, Teofilo (Ire)–Tanaghum (GB), by Darshaan (GB). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (IRE); T-John Hammond. €16,000.
3–Al Naamah (Ire), 121, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Alluring Park (Ire), by Green Desert. (5,000,000gns Ylg '13 TAOCT). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Lodge Park Stud (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000.
Margins: 3/4, HF, 3/4. Odds: 3.30, 3.00, 3.30.
Also Ran: Shahah (GB), Slatina (Ire), Ame Bleue (GB), Lady of Kyushu, Encore l'Amour (GB), Gentora (Fr), Entertainment (GB). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

In what was practically a re-run of the Listed Prix de Thiberville at Longchamp July 14, Candarliya confirmed the form of her success over the super-priced Al Naamah in that 12-furlong contest with Yaazy wedging between the old rivals late on. Having shown the likely progression that her pedigree suggested when off the mark on her fourth start and first try over a mile and a half in a conditions race at Chantilly May 15, the grey was arguably more at home over an extra quarter mile next time when besting last year's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud third Big Blue (GB) (Galileo {Ire})–who was successful in the Listed Prix Michel Houyvet on this card–in a similar event at Longchamp June 8 prior to her Bastille Day breakthrough. Settled out wide early here by Alexis Badel tracking Al Naamah in mid-division, the homebred edged past her with 300 meters remaining and showed the more dash of the pair as well as courage to repel the hard-pulling Yaazy in the run to the line. “She needed time to mature and get stronger and now she is perfect,” trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre commented. “At Deauville, you need a horse who can quicken and she can. She is very tenacious and now has the options of either the G1 Prix Vermeille or G2 Prix de Royallieu [at Longchamp Sept. 13 and Oct. 3] or both and that will be determined by what we do with our other fillies in the yard.”