By Sean Cronin
White Birch Farm's 2-year-old colt Kubrick (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}–Rosa Bonheur, by Mr. Greeley) backed up a July 24 debut second going seven furlongs at Dieppe with a breakthrough triumph at Deauville last month and continued on the upgrade by turning back a strong Irish challenge in Thursday's G3 Prix des Chenes at ParisLongchamp. The eventual winner employed patient tactics from flagfall and was settled sixth, at the tail of the field, through halfway. Making continued headway under pressure in the home straight, the 31-10 second favourite quickened to gain a slender advantage with 100 metres remaining and was ridden out in the dying embers to assert by a neck from Coolmore and Westerberg's hithero unbeaten Adelaide River (Ire) (Australia {GB}) for a first black-type success.
“He is a nice, uncomplicated horse, we like to see them finish the way he did and it is very promising for the future,” commented trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “He is an easy horse to train, he is easy to ride and a real pleasure to deal with. He could be a horse for next year's French [2000] Guineas, but first we will try to run him in the [G1] Criterium International at Saint-Cloud if all is well with him.”
Kubrick, the seventh of eight foals, becomes the third scorer produced by Listed Prix de la Cochere runner-up Rosa Bonheur (Mr. Greeley), herself a daughter of G2 Prix Robert Papin victrix Rolly Polly (Ire) (Mukaddamah). The April-foaled homebred bay is a half-brother to GI Hollywood Derby, GI Shoemaker Mile and GI Maker's Mark Mile hero Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and a yearling filly by No Nay Never.
Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DES CHENES-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-8, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:41.80, sf.
1–KUBRICK (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Rosa Bonheur (SP-Fr), by Mr. Greeley
2nd Dam: Rolly Polly (Ire), by Mukaddamah
3rd Dam: Rare Sound (Ire), by Rarity (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-White Birch Farm (IRE); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, €62,400. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Adelaide River (Ire), 128, c, 2, Australia (GB)–Could It Be Love, by War Front. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (XX). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €16,000.
3–Pivotal Trigger (GB), 128, c, 2, Pivotal (GB)–Allegretto (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (62,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Yuesheng Zhang; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €12,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 2. Odds: 3.10, 1.60, 13.00.
Also Ran: Bolshkinov (Fr), Hayejohn (Fr), Cte d'Escarbagnas (Fr). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.
Here's Kubrick! The Dubawi colt shines late on to beat Adelaide River in the Group 3 Prix des Chenes at @paris_longchamp! @CristianDemuro pic.twitter.com/Z74MeDbrrQ
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 8, 2022
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