Arc weekend at Chantilly kicks off with the G2 Qatar Prix Chaudenay, with Al Shaqab Racing's Doha Dream (Fr) (Shamardal) proving an early clue as to the prospects of the Japanese challenger Makahiki (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in Sunday's main event. Just a half length behind that rival when third in the G2 Prix Niel here Sept. 11, the bay who had previously captured the Listed Derby de l'Ouest at Nantes July 4 and Listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange at Vichy July 29 is an intriguing stayer in the making. Runner-up to the subsequent G1 St Leger runner-up Ventura Storm (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in Deauville's G3 Prix de Reux over 12 1/2 furlongs Aug. 7, Stall Ullmann's Moonshiner (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) was the authoritative winner of the G3 Prix de Lutece over this trip at Saint-Cloud Sept. 4 and is another unexposed over this kind of distance. His Highness The Aga Khan shares the record of five winners of this with Edouard de Rothschild and could edge ahead if the filly Minamya (Fr) (Makfi {GB}) can prove her latest last of nine in the 10 1/2-furlong Listed Prix de Liancourt here all wrong Sept. 1.
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