Impressive when winning a conditions race over this trip at Chantilly May 24, Golden Valentine only lost out by a short head to the colt Spring Master (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in the G3 Prix du Lys over that same track and trip June 18. Defying a sizeable penalty for that effort, the grey mastered her rivals to open her black-type account and suggest she can go on to bigger and better things. Restrained early with two behind, she travelled with enthusiasm entering the straight and gradually unwound out wide to reel in Last Tango Inparis and Gargotiere in the final metres. “She needs to be held up, so when it's a slow pace it plays against her and that was a good performance giving five pounds to the others,” trainer Freddy Head commented. “She will go for either the G2 Prix de Pomone or G3 Prix Minerve [at Deauville Aug. 13 or Aug. 14].”
PRIX DE THIBERVILLE-Listed, €55,000, SCD, 7-14, 3yo, f, 12fT, 2:32.14, g/s.
1–#GOLDEN VALENTINE (FR), 128, f, 3, by Dalakhani (Ire)
1st Dam: Gold Round (Ire) (GSW-Fr), by Caerleon
2nd Dam: Born Gold, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
3rd Dam: Riviere d'Or, by Lyphard
O-Laurence Roth, Mme Nancy Roth & Mme Jaime Roth; B-Foxwood Stables (FR); T-Freddy Head; J-Aurelien Lemaitre. €27,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 5-3-1-0, €71,950. *Full to Goldwaki (Ger), GSW-Fr, $176,715; and 1/2 to Spectaculaire (GB) (Spectrum {Ire}), SW-Fr, $247,478.[bullet ad=”blackwood-graduate-2″]2–Last Tango Inparis (GB), 123, f, 3, Aqlaam (GB)–Strictly Lambada (GB), by Red Ransom. O-Helena Springfield Ltd. €11,000.
3–Gargottiere (Fr), 123, f, 3, Kendargent (Fr)–Bonne Gargotte (Fr), by Poliglote (GB). O-Comtesse Bertrand de Tarragon. €8,250.
Margins: NK, SNK, 1HF. Odds: 0.90, 24.10, 5.40.
Also Ran: Alakhana (Fr), Golden Gazelle (Ire), Dimaniya (Fr), Praskovia (Ire), Chilli Spice (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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