Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX EXBURY-G3, €80,000, STC, 3-15, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:08.54, vsf.
1–#@AFFAIRE SOLITAIRE (IRE), 121, h, 5, by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
1st Dam: Arlesienne (Ire) (SW & GSP-Fr), by Alzao
2nd Dam: Ange Bleu, by Alleged
3rd Dam: Albertine (Fr), by Irish River (Fr)
(€110,000 HRA '13 ARQARC). O-Luigi Roveda;
B-Dayton Investments Ltd (Ire); T-Patrick Khozian;
J-Nicolas Perret. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 22
starts, 4 wins, 13 places, €163,970. *1/2 to
Aizavoski (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), MSW & MGSP-Fr,
$487,835; and Andromeda Galaxy (Fr) (Peintre
Celebre), SW & GSP-Fr, $139,279. Werk Nick
Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Meadow Creek (GB), 121, c, 4, Dansili (GB)–Gentle
On My Mind (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O-Prince A A
Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Company Ltd (GB); T-Andre
Fabre. €16,000.
3–Arkaitz (Spa), 121, c, 4, Pyrus–Lady Cree (Ire), by
Medicean (GB). O-Trofeu Empresarial SL; B-Cuadra
San Ignacio (Spa); T-Francisco Rodriguez Puertas.
€12,000.
Margins: NK, NK, HD. Odds: 22.90, 20.00, 20.00.
Also Ran: Cocktail Queen (Ire), Garlingari (Fr), Celtic Rock (GB), Petit Chevalier (Fr), Planetaire (GB), Dartagnan d'Azur (Fr), Pinturicchio (Ire), Vif Monsieur (Ger), Allez Henri (Ire). Scratched: Rose Vista (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Successful in a pair of midsummer events at Vichy last year, Affaire Solitaire was off the board in the Oct. 4 G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Longchamp and the G3 Prix Perth at this track Oct. 30 before running second in the Dec. 2 Listed Prix Lyphard at Deauville. He returned to run ninth in a Jan. 13 Cagnes conditions heat and came here off a runner-up finish in the Listed Grand Prix de la Riviera Cote d'Azur back at that venue Feb. 8. The bay held a handy position just behind the leaders along the fence after breaking well from the three hole. Afforded the luxury of a gap up the inner soon after turning for home, he seized the opportunity with aplomb to lead just inside the quarter-mile marker and was driven out to post a lifetime best as a re-energized pack reduced arrears in the dying embers.
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