By Tom Frary
The Irish National Stud's first-season sire Nando Parrado (GB) (by Kodiac {GB}) was off the mark on Saturday with the sharp filly Golden Breeze (Fr) providing an instant breakthrough winner from his initial crop. Debuting over five furlongs at La Teste, the Ecurie de Launay homebred was quickly into stride and prominent under Fabrice Veron. Edging clear inside the last two furlongs, the Kevin Tavares-trained 3-1 shot hit the line strong to score by four lengths from Lady'Armor (Fr) (Armor {GB}).
“We're thrilled to see the first runner by Nando Parrado win so impressively on debut,” said Irish National Stud CEO Cathal Beale. “She was incredibly professional and showed a great turn of foot to win by four lengths under hands and heels. Nando has over 90 2-year-olds to run for him and we're getting strong reports from trainers and breeze-up consignors alike.”
The winner is the first foal out of Samrah (Fr) (Shalaa {Ire}), a half to the G3 Hamburger Stutenpreis scorer Princess Badee (Fr) (Al Wukair {Ire}) from the Juddmonte family of the champions Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Her 2024 colt is by City Light (Fr).
Débuts probants pour à La Teste-de-Buch !
La pensionnaire de ́ ̀ s'adjuge le Prix de la Sorec, quatrième course de 2 ans de la saison en France !
♀️ Elle est issue de Nando Parrado et Samrah qui avait brillé sur cette piste à… pic.twitter.com/AbOPThHJhb
— Equidia (@equidia) March 22, 2025
2nd-La Teste-Bassin Arcachon, €23,000, Debutantes, 3-22, 2yo, 5fT, 1:00.00, g/s.
GOLDEN BREEZE (FR) (f, 2, Nando Parrado {GB}–Samrah {Fr}, by Shalaa {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €11,500. O-Ecurie de Launay & Vanessa Teehan; B-Ecurie de Launay & Charel Bloodstock (FR); T-Kevin Tavares.
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