12.45 Maisons-Laffitte, Mdn, €25,000, unraced 3yo, c/g, 8fT
Wildenstein Stables Ltd's BOLD EMPEROR (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a half-brother to 'TDN Rising Star' and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), and he opens up for Alain de Royer-Dupre in this newcomer's test. His 11 rivals include Godolphin's Repercussion (GB) (Manduro {Ger}), an already gelded full-brother to the 2011 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Mandaean (GB) and half to 2011 G1 Prix Saint-Alary victress Wavering (Ire) (Refuse to Bend {Ire}), from the Andre Fabre stable; and Al Shaqab Racing's Al Erayg (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a Francis-Henri Graffard-trained half-brother to the 2005 G1 Coronation S. scorer Maids Causeway (Ire) (Giant's Causeway).
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