By Sean Cronin
Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's hitherto undefeated Green Spirit (Kingman) made a black-type breakthrough in last month's G3 Prix Six Perfections and provided her owner-breeders, trainer Christopher Head and jockey Maxime Guyon with a quickfire pattern-race double when dominating the closing stages of Thursday's G2 Prix d'Aumale at ParisLongchamp.
“She is all class and always does the minimum,” reflected Head. “I wasn't worried seeing her race in last as I think, ultimately, she will have to be ridden like that. It was really, or at least it looked like, a perfect preparation for the [G1] Prix Marcel Boussac. She too, like Nighttime, would not be concerned by softer ground and, hopefully, is a Classic prospect. Let us hope she can make it to a race like the [G1] Prix de Diane next year.”
Positioned within range of the pace at the tail of the five-strong field through halfway, the 7-10 favourite was urged forward with 500 metres remaining and ridden out once quickening to the front approaching the final furlong to outbattle the reopposing Six Perfections placegetter and TDN Rising Star Narissa (Siyouni) in ultimately snug fashion. The winning margin was 1 1/4 lengths, with 1 3/4 lengths back to Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles victrix Clea Chope (Muhaarar) in third.
Pedigree Notes
Green Spirit is the eighth of 10 foals and one of six scorers out of G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial runner-up Sapphire Pendant (Danehill Dancer), herself a full-sister to Listed Feilden Stakes second King George River. Descendants of her second dam Butterfly Blue (Sadler's Wells), herself a daughter of GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Santa Susana Stakes-winning matriarch Blush With Pride (Blushing Groom), include GI American Oaks heroine Paris Lights (Curlin) and the Grade I-placed mother and son America (A.P. Indy) and First Captain (Curlin). The February-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to G3 Prix des Chenes and G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil victor Ecrivain (Lope De Vega), Listed Prix Occitanie third Starifique (Sea The Stars), a yearling colt by Curlin and a weanling filly by Good Magic.
A good day for @CHeadRacing, just gets better!
Green Spirit comes home strongly to score in the Group Two Prix d'Aumale at ParisLongchamp! 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/zTHSmDaOyh
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025
Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX D'AUMALE-G2, €119,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-11, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:39.95, sf.
1–GREEN SPIRIT, 126, f, 2, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Sapphire Pendant (Ire) (GSP-Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Butterfly Blue (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Blush With Pride, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Christopher Head; J-Maxime Guyon. €67,830. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, €136,430. *1/2 to Ecrivain (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), MGSW-Fr, $214,922; and Starifique (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Narissa (Ire), 126, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Narmeen (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire). TDN Rising Star. O/B-Aga Khan Studs; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €26,180.
3–Clea Chope (Fr), 126, f, 2, Muhaarar (GB)–Mercifully (Fr), by Whipper. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€32,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Alain Jathiere, Gousserie Racing & Gerard Augustin Normand; B-Alain Chopard; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €12,495.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 0.70, 3.10, 8.80.
Also Ran: Princess Petrol (GB), Madame Ly (Fr).
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