The Aga Khan's Blue Point Filly Lights Up Chantilly, New TDN Rising Star

Chantilly's card on Monday featured some promising juveniles and none more so than the Aga Khan's filly Rayevka (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}–Rayisa {Ire}, by Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) lit up the six-furlong fillies' conditions event with a scintillating display to become her sire's fourth TDN Rising Star. Narrowly denied on debut by Juddmonte's Better Together (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) at Deauville last month, the Francis-Henri Graffard-trained homebred was in command from the outset strong in the hands of Maxime Guyon.

Never in any danger out on her own, the 1-2 favourite was able to register a five-length success from another Juddmonte newcomer in Arctic Summer (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). Her final two splits were an impressive 10.89 and 11.01 and her final three furlongs were completed in 33.56, all in hand. The dam Rayisa was a smart juvenile for Mick Halford, beating Snowfall's dam Best In The World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in her maiden before finishing third behind that blueblood in the Listed Staffordstown Stud Stakes.

 

🇫🇷 Prix De La Piste Rodosto @fgchantilly
Chantilly – Maiden – Femelles – 2 ans – 1200m – 6 Pts – Souple (3.6)

🏆Rayevka 🏇Maxime Guyon
📖(Blue Point (Ire) @DarleyEurope – Rayisa (Ire) par Holy Roman Emperor (Ire))

🕶️Francis-Henri Graffard… pic.twitter.com/88cyUvL9Sw

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