Half to Mont Ormel Graduates in Clairefontaine Unveiling

2nd-CLF, €25,000, Mdn, 8-19, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.50, gd.
+NORMANDEL (FR) (f, 2, Le Havre {Ire}–Lidana {Ire}, by King's Best) occupied a position in mid division after the initial strides and was nudged forward rounding the home turn in this debut. Coming under increased pressure at the top of the straight, the well-backed 31-10 chalk powered into contention approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly under mainly whipless coaxing in the closing stages to assert by 3/4-of-a-length from Upendi (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The bay is a half-sister and stablemate to last month's G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris hero Mont Ormel (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}), and a yearling filly named Hocquigny (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}). They were produced by a winning half-sister to MG1SW highweight Linngari (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), who in turn is out of a winning half to MSW G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup runner-up Livadiya (Ire) (Shernazar {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin Finance SA (FR); T-Pia Brandt.