By Tom Frary
Up in trip to seven furlongs for Sunday's Listed Prix Roland de Chambure at Deauville, Magne Jordanger and Finn Blichfeldt's TDN Rising Star Tiego The First (Fr) (Blue Point {Ire}–Kotama {Fr}, by Siyouni {Fr}) needed every bit of the new trip to register his black-type breakthrough.
Held up early by Mickael Barzalona behind the pace set by the British raider Assertively (Ire) (Acclamation {Fr}), the Pia and Joakim Brandt-trained 19-10 favourite got that long-time leader just in time for a short-head success, with Madero (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) a head back in third.
Having earned TDN Rising Star status on debut over six in the Prix Hunyade at Saint-Cloud in May, Tiego The First's subsequent defeat at Chantilly last month led to a sense of anti-climax so this was a welcome resurgence. He is currently the last known foal out of the dam, who was second in this track's Listed Prix Yacowlef and is a half-sister to the G3 Prix Edmond Blanc runner-up and G2 Prix du Muguet third Kokaltash (Fr) (Haafhd {GB}) from the family of High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).
So close! A late run from Tiego The First just denies Assertively at @fgdeauville!@mickaelbarzalon | @RacingBrandtPJ pic.twitter.com/37dqK2GKaZ
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 7, 2024
Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX ROLAND DE CHAMBURE-Listed, €60,000, Deauville, 7-7, 2yo, 7fT, 1:25.92, g/s.
1–TIEGO THE FIRST (FR), 126, c, 2, by Blue Point (Ire)
1st Dam: Kotama (Fr) (SP-Fr), by Siyouni (Fr)
2nd Dam: Kozaka (Fr), by Mark Of Esteem (Ire)
3rd Dam: Kozmina (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€170,000 Ylg '23 ARQOCT). O-Magne Jordanger & Finn Blichfeldt; B-Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard (FR); T-Pia & Joakim Brandt; J-Mickael Barzalona. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, €50,100.
2–Assertively (Ire), 126, c, 2, Acclamation (GB)–Merci Layan (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (75,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-J Laughton & Mrs Elaine Burke; B-Thomas Hassett (IRE); T-Karl Burke. €12,000.
3–Madero (Fr), 126, c, 2, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Cordova (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Christopher Head. €9,000.
Margins: SHD, HD, 2. Odds: 1.90, 9.00, 2.10.
Also Ran: Griselda (Fr), Fly Half (Fr), Gondolo (Ire), Oasis Sunrise (Ire). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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