By Sean Cronin
Patrice Cottier trainee Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}–Latita {Fr}, by Silver Frost {Ire}) backed up a May 2 debut score at Chantilly with a third back there in June's G3 Prix du Bois and rebounded in style to register a first black-type score for her freshman sire (by Shamardal) in Sunday's G3 Prix de Cabourg at Deauville.
The 29-10 third choice was swiftly into stride and stalked the pacesetting Naana's Diamond (Ire) (Invincible Army {Ire}) in second through halfway. Coming under pressure approaching the quarter-mile marker, she quickened to the fore with 300 metres remaining and was ridden out inside the final furlong to comfortably outpoint 'TDN Rising Star' Polyvega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) by 2 1/2 lengths for a career high. Wathnan Racing's G2 Coventry Stakes third and G2 Superlative Stakes fourth Columnist (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) was outbobbed by the runner-up and was a head adrift in third, himself a neck in front of Apollo Fountain (GB) (No Nay Never).
“We never made it a secret that we keep this filly in high esteem,” said Pauline Chehboub. “After she won so impressively at Chantilly we ran in the [G3] Prix du Bois and she was not disgraced when finishing third. She was not quite ready for that, she was not mature enough, so we gave her time and skipped the [G2] Prix Robert Papin to target this race. It was the correct decision and now we will have more ambition and target the [G1] Prix Morny. From day one we had that race in the back of our mind for her.”
Pedigree Notes
Daylight is the second of two foals and lone scorer produced by Listed Criterium du Languedoc victrix and G3 Prix de la Grotte third Latita (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}). Latita is the leading performer out of Amazing Story (Fr) (Cricket Ball), who is a full-sister to G3 Prix du Petit Couvert and Listed Criterium de Vitesse winner Manzor (Fr), and hails from the family of GI Breeders' Cup Sprint, G1 Nunthorpe S. and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup-winning European champion Sheikh Albadou (GB) (Green Desert).
Px de Cabourg (Gr3, 2ans, 1200m) @fgdeauville
Daylight (Earthlight) prend sa revanche et gagne avec brio, comme son père avant elle, qui s'en alla gagner ensuite le Prix Morny (Gr1) 2019. pic.twitter.com/frq5N78CMY— France Galop (@francegalop) July 28, 2024
Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX DE CABOURG-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 7-28, 2yo, 6fT, 1:10.39, g/s.
1–DAYLIGHT (FR), 122, f, 2, by Earthlight (Ire)
1st Dam: Latita (Fr) (SW & GSP-Fr), by Silver Frost (Ire)
2nd Dam: Amazing Story (Fr), by Cricket Ball
3rd Dam: Amarige (Fr), by Lesotho
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€85,000 Ylg '23 ARQAUG). O-Gousserie Racing & Mme Sandrine Gavrois; B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran & Pierre van Belle (FR); T-Patrice Cottier; J-Mickael Barzalona. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, €67,000. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Polyvega (Ire), 122, f, 2, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Polydream (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB). TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €16,000.
3–Columnist (GB), 126, c, 2, Ardad (Ire)–Sand And Deliver (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). (8,000gns Ylg '23 TATSOM; £170,000 2yo '24 GOUKB). O-Wathnan Racing; B-Peter Balding (GB); T-Richard Fahey. €12,000.
Margins: 2HF, HD, NK. Odds: 2.90, 1.80, 5.80.
Also Ran: Apollo Fountain (GB), Naana's Diamond (Ire). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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