If Classics were decided on breeding, the Wertheimers's Gold Luck (Fr) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}) would be home already, but the half-sister to Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) has it to prove as she reappears in Chantilly's G3 Prix Vanteaux on Sunday. Sticking to script with a debut win over a mile at Maisons-Laffitte in September, the bay suffered her first reversal when 1 3/4-lengths second to Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) in the Listed Prix Isonomy at that distance at Deauville in October. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Hebah (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) was 3/4 of a length further behind in third on that occasion and makes up a duo to represent that owner and also trainer Jean-Claude Rouget alongside Ghurfah (GB) (Tamayuz {GB}). A daughter of Indian Ink (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) who was lethal when the mud flew, she has a fitness edge after two runs and one win in a 7 1/2-furlong conditions race at Cagnes-sur-Mer
Feb. 20. Pascal Bary will be hoping that Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard and Lady O'Reilly's Monroe Bay (Ire)
(Makfi {GB}) can rekindle past Classic glories for his stable and there was much to like about the way she won on debut over a mile here in September.
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