By Sean Cronin
Dalham Hall Stud resident Perfect Power (Ardad) became the latest freshman sire off the mark when his Alessandro Botti-trained son Rouhi made a winning debut in Sunday's Prix d'Orgemont at Chantilly.
The 11-1 chance was awkwardly into stride and occupied a position in rear through halfway. Shaken up with 350 metres remaining, he went third entering the final furlong and swooped late to deny Calyx Express (Calyx) by a short-neck in the shadow of the post.
Rouhi is the first of three foals out of a full-sister to the dual stakes-placed Crotchet (Lethal Force).
His dam Quartet (Lethal Force), herself a daughter of G3 Prix Penelope victrix Humouresque (Pivotal), is also a half-sister to Listed Hoppings Stakes third Piano (Azamour) and to the dam of Listed Eternal Stakes runner-up Key To Cotai (Cotai Glory).
The winner is kin to a yearling colt by Showcasing and a weanling filly by Ardad.
🇫🇷Prix D'Orgemont @fgchantilly
Chantilly – Inédits – 2 ans – 1100m – 9 Pts – 45 700 €🏆Rouhi (m2) (Gb) 🏇Maxime Guyon @maximeguyon_off
📖(Perfect Power (Ire) @DarleyEurope – Quartet (Gb) par Lethal Force (Ire))🕶️Alessandro & Guiseppe Botti @BottiRacing… pic.twitter.com/6hy6VosXIJ
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1st-Chantilly, €45,700, Mdn, 5-31, unraced 2yo, c/g, 5 1/2fT, 1:05.45, gd.
ROUHI (GB) (c, 2, Perfect Power {Ire}–Quartet {GB}, by Lethal Force {Ire}) Sales history: 36,000gns Wlg '24 TATFOA; 72,000gns Ylg '25 TATSOM; £47,000 2yo '25 GOFBRE. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €22,850.
O-Ecurie Elag, RPG Bloodstock, Societa Allevamento Pian di Neve, Comte Guillaume de Saint-Seine & Alessandro Botti; B-Mr & Mrs T E Hughes; T-Alessandro Botti.
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