By Sean Cronin
Resolute Bloodstock's Goliath (Adlerflug) was unsuccessful in three starts since annexing last September's G1 Grosser Preis von Baden and rediscovered the winning habit in a hot renewal of Sunday's G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly.
“He has been a very special horse for the whole stable and I'm very happy to have him in such good condition, both mentally and physically, at his age,” said Francis Graffard. “Christophe [Soumillon] confirmed that and said his action was incredible today and like it was in Ascot when he won the King George. When the pace is like that and I can see my horse relaxed, he is a champion who can quicken very strongly. I will need to speak to the owners, but my idea is to go to the [G2] Hardwicke [at Royal Ascot] and then the [G1] King George with him. This will have been really good for him mentally to be back winning.”
The 8-5 second choice was kept wide by Soumillon through the early stages and positioned in the slipstream of Eydon (Olden Times), racing in an overall fifth, until improving one spot on the home turn.
Making stealthy headway on the bridle once into the straight, he cruised to the front approaching the furlong marker and was pushed out in the latter stages to comfortably assert by two lengths and a head from Oracle (Too Darn Hot) and Cualificar (Lope De Vega).
Goliath strikes in the Grand Prix de Chantilly! 🤩
A sparkling display from the high-class six-year-old who is back with a bang for @GraffardRacing… 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/EllnYLWZbN
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 31, 2026
Pedigree Notes
Goliath is the second of seven foals and leading performer for Listed Hoppegartener Stutenpreis victrix Gouache (Shamardal), herself kin to the multiple Group-winning Guardini (Dalakhani) and stakes-winning dual Group 3 third Guizot (Tertullian).
His dual stakes-winning second dam Guantana (Dynaformer) is out of G1 Oaks d'Italia-winning matriarch Guadalupe (Monsun), whose descendants include Group 1 winners Guignol (Cape Cross) and Guiliani (Tertullian) and last week's G3 Diana-Trial victrix Gua Lipa (Cloth Of Stars).
Guadalupe is a full-sister to the G1 Grosser Pries von Baden hero Getaway and hails from the immediate family of G1 Gold Cup hero Royal Rebel (Robellino).
Gouache has the unraced two-year-old filly Glory Of Legend (Blackbeard) and a yearling filly by Baaeed to come.
Sunday, Chantilly, France
GRAND PRIX DE CHANTILLY-G2, €119,000, Chantilly, 5-31, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:26.75, gd.
1–GOLIATH (GER), 126, g, 6, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Gouache (Ger) (SW-Ger), by Shamardal
2nd Dam: Guantana (Ger), by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: Guadalupe (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
O-Resolute Bloodstock; B-Gestut Schlenderhan; T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Christophe Soumillon. €67,830. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng & Ger, G1SP-HK & SP-Qa, 20-9-4-1, €2,467,711. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Oracle (Fr), 126, c, 4, Too Darn Hot (GB)–Ligne D'Or (GB), by Dansili (GB). O-Wertheimer & Frere; B-Dayton Investments Ltd; T-Andre Fabre. €26,180.
3–Cualificar (GB), 126, c, 4, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Qualify (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O/B-Godolphin; T-Andre Fabre. €12,495.
Margins: 2, HD, HF. Odds: 1.60, 8.50, 1.10.
Also Ran: Eydon (Ire), Espoir Avenir (Fr), Zarraf (Fr).
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