Philippe Allaire’s Beauvatier (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}–Enchanting Skies {Ire}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}) landed Tuesday’s €50,000 Prix du Coq Chantant at Chantilly, the latest in France Galop’s series of premium races for unraced 2-year-olds, earning in the process a ‘TDN Rising Star‘ badge after posting an impressive 5 1/2-length triumph in the five-furlong dash.
Beauvatier broke from the outside stall and raced in rear while working his way across to the stands’ side rail. Making smooth headway from halfway, he cruised to the front on the bridle approaching the final furlong and surged clear in eyecatching fashion to mark his debut with a daylight success from Kumite (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}).
“He had not worked a lot before that, but he showed speed and a good attitude in his only serious piece of work so I decided to supplement him for this,” explained trainer Yann Barberot. “Obviously, he has the ability to handle testing ground and we will see how much he improves before deciding on his next race. He has the pedigree to stay further so there is no hurry.”
The February-foaled dark bay becomes the 12th Rising Star for his sire, whose list includes GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and GI Just A Game heroine Newspaperofrecord (Ire), National Stud resident Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), who placed five times at the highest level, and another GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf victrix in Aunt Pearl (Ire).
Pedigree Notes
Beauvatier, a €160,000 Arqana August purchase and kin to a yearling filly by Siyouni {Fr}), is the first of two foals produced by Listed Prix de Thiberville runner-up Enchanting Skies (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). His dam is one of four black-type performers out of Listed Kolner Fruhjahrs-Stuten-Preis third Estefania (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), the quartet headed by G1 Preis von Europa victor Empoli (Ger) (Halling). Estefania is out of a multiple-winning half to MG1SW G2 German 1000 Guineas and G2 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Elle Danzig (Ger) (Roi Danzig).
1st-Chantilly, €50,000, Mdn, 5-9, unraced 2yo, c/g, 5fT, 1:02.03, hy.
BEAUVATIER (FR), c, 2, by Lope De Vega (Ire)
1st Dam: Enchanting Skies (Ire) (SP-Fr), by Sea The Stars (Ire)
2nd Dam: Estefania (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger)
3rd Dam: Eirehill (Ire), by Danehill
(€160,000 Ylg ’22 ARQAUG) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €25,000. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.
O-Philippe Allaire; B-Ecurie des Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock Ltd & Mme Barbara M Keller (FR); T-Yann Barberot; J-Christophe Soumillon.
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