By Brian Sheerin
Cloth Of Stars (Ire), twice placed in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and a winner at the highest level when landing the Prix Ganay, enjoyed a breakthrough winner as a stallion on Monday with Kenmaya (Fr) scoring at Vichy.
Trained by Christophe Escuder, Kenmaya bagged the opening juvenile claimer over six furlongs by a short head. She was ridden by Cristian Demuro and was getting off the mark at the second attempt.
Kenmaya is just the fourth individual runner Cloth Of Stars, who stands for €7,000 at Haras du Logis, has had to hit the track in Europe.
He himself was a winner at two. After landing his maiden on debut at Deauville, he followed up in the G3 Prix des Chenes at Longchamp before signing off on his 2-year-old campaign by finishing second in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud.
But it was in his 4-year-old campaign that Cloth Of Stars played a starring role. A hardy performer, Cloth Of Stars got his 2017 season off to a terrific start, winning the G3 Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud followed by the G2 Prix d'Harcourt at Chantilly en route to recording that memorable G1 Prix Ganay triumph back at Saint-Cloud.
Just a short neck separated Cloth Of Stars and Zarak (Fr) at the winning line in that race, with admirable performers Silverware (Fr) and Hawkbill finishing behind them.
Trained by Andre Fabre to run 20 times over four seasons, winning seven races–six of which were at Group level–and place on a further 10 occasions, the Godolphin-owned Cloth Of Stars amassed over £2,500,000 in earnings.
He signed off on his career in 2018 after finishing just a length behind Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in third in the 2018 Arc de Triomphe and embarked on his stud career the following year.
1st-Vichy, €17,000, Claimer, 7-18, 2yo, 7fT, 1:27.24, sf.
KENMYA (FR) (f, 2, Cloth Of Stars {Ire}–Wataany {Fr}, by Linda's Lad {GB}) Sales history: €18,000 Ylg '21 ARQOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, €8,500. Video, sponsored by TVG.
O-Scuderia Il Fino; B-Teddy Poirier, Bruno-Roland Poirier & Mlle Laetytia Poirier (FR); T-Christophe Escuder.
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