Turtle Bowl’s Candide Remains Perfect In the Thomas Bryon

Having annexed a Sept. 14 firsters’ test by 1 1/4 lengths over this course and distance in his only prior start, Candide safely negotiated this transition into black-type company with a snug win to keep his perfect tally intact. The homebred bay maintained a stalking role in a close-up third from the break in this often informative pointer. Traveling sweetly under a tight hold until allowed an inch of rein at the top of the straight, he was pushed along at the quarter-mile marker and asserted under whipless cajoling in the closing stages to comfortably register a third straight renewal for Andre Fabre and extend the master trainer’s winningest record in the contest to nine.

Thursday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX THOMAS BRYON-G3, €80,000, SCD, 10-8, 2yo, 8fT, 1:29.71, sf.
1–#@CANDIDE (FR), 123, c, 2, by Turtle Bowl (Ire)
1st Dam: Circus Key (Ire), by Key of Luck
2nd Dam: Circassienne, by Spinning World
3rd Dam: Berine (Ire), by Bering (GB)
O-Baron Edouard de Rothschild; B-Ecurie de Meautry; T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, €52,500. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Hiort (Ire), 120, f, 2, Rip Van Winkle (Ire)–Gifts Galore (Ire), by Darshaan (GB). O-Laghi France; B-D Chassagneux (IRE); T-Pascal Bary. €16,000.
3–Cheikeljack (Fr), 123, c, 2, Myboycharlie (Ire)–Senderlea (Ire), by Giant’s Causeway. (€15,000 Ylg ‘14 ARQOCT). O-Mme Jacques Cygler; B-Ecurie des Monceaux (FR); T-Henri-Alex Pantall. €12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, SNK, 7. Odds: 1.70, 8.30, 1.40.
Also Ran: The Turning Point (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.