By Sean Cronin
Gestut Ammerland's €820,000 BBAG September graduate Sea The Sky (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a full-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sea The Moon (Ger), earned her black-type stripes with victory in Thursday's Listed Prix Joubert at ParisLongchamp.
Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX JOUBERT-Listed, €55,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-8, 3yo, f, 14fT, 3:01.50, sf.
1–SEA THE SKY (GER), 125, f, 3, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Sanwa (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
2nd Dam: Sacarina (GB), by Old Vic (GB)
3rd Dam: Brave Lass (GB), by Ridan
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€820,000 Ylg '20 BBAGS). O-Gestut Ammerland; B-Gestut Gorlsdorf (GER); T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon. €27,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 5-2-0-2, €58,040. *Full to Sea The Moon (Ger), G1SW-Ger; and 1/2 to Sansiwa (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), SP-Ger.
2–Divine Jewel (GB), 125, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Agnes Stewart (Ire), by Lawman (Fr). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (300,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Koji Maeda; B-Branton Court Stud (GB); T-Roger Varian. €11,000.
3–Avenue Niel (Ire), 125, f, 3, Helmet (Aus)–Andalouserie (Fr), by Poet's Voice (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€17,000 Ylg '20 ARQOCT). O-Ecurie X; B-SC Ecurie de Meautry (IRE); T-Mikel Delzangles. €8,250.
Margins: SHD, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 5.60, 6.60, 21.00.
Also Ran: Alpenblume (GB), Queen Trezy (Fr), Caius Chorister (Fr), Aude (Fr), Derida (Ger), She's Cosmic (GB). Scratched: Simply Glorious. Video, sponsored by TVG.
Sea The Sky had failed to get in front since snagging her Nov. 2 debut at Chantilly and went postward for this marathon coming back off a third in Deauville's Aug. 14 G3 Prix Minerve. Settled off the pace in sixth for the most part, she made continued headway under pressure in the home straight to gain a narrow advantage entering the final furlong and was ridden out late to deny Divine Jewel in a bobbing finish for a career high.
Sea The Sky, the seventh of nine foals, is one of three scorers produced by an unraced full-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby-winning sires Samum (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Schiaparelli (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Salve Regina (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The €820,000 BBAG September yearling is a full-sister to runaway G1 Deutsches Derby-winning sire Sea The Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and to the dam of this term's Listed Abingdon S. runner-up Golden Lyra (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). She is also a half-sister to Listed Dallmayr Coupe Lukull runner-up Sansiwa (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and a yearling filly by Frankel (GB). Sea The Sky's weanling full-brother is slated to sell at this year's Goffs November Foal sale, according to Gestut Gorlsdorf's Niko Lafrentz.
Tight! Sea The Moon's sister Sea The Sky lands Listed honours as she holds off Roger Varian's raider at @paris_longchamp for Fabre and Guyon… pic.twitter.com/3amBY0yyo3
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 8, 2022
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