By Heather Anderson
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of See You Around in the Listed Tropical Park Oaks at Gulfstream in December.
Siyouni Filly Takes A Liking To The Tropics
Cotton House Racing's See You Around (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) earned the first American stakes victory of her career in the Listed Tropical Park Oaks at Gulfstream Park for trainer Christophe Clement last weekend (video). Bred by C-Squared Investments, the February foal was making her second start in the U.S.
The bay was offered by La Motteraye Consignment at the 2022 Arqana August Sale, but did not meet her reserve and was a €140,000 buy-back. Out of the Dutch Art (GB) mare Besotted (Ire), See You Around won the Listed Prix Aymeri de Mauleon at Toulouse in April of this year for Cotton House Bloodstock, and earned a career high in her French finale for trainer Philippe Sogorb with a third in the G3 Prix de Lieurey. One of five runners and four winners for listed winner Besotted who incidentally won the same listed race as her daughter and was also second in the G2 Prix de Sandringham, See You Around is a half-sister to the G3 Prix des Reservoirs heroine Fancy Me (Ire), by Siyouni's sire Pivotal (GB). Besotted's latest progeny is a yearling colt by Ghaiyyath (Ire).
The family features a slew of top-liners, among them classy sprinter/miler, GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner and sire Last Tycoon (Ire) (Try My Best), and Tie Black (Ire) (Machiavellian), a half-sister to Besotted who won the 2006 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. See You Around's great granddam is the influential mare Mill Princess (Ire) (Mill Reef).
The Aga Khan Studs' Siyouni is credited with 19 winners from 44 runners (43%) in the U.S. See You Around is his sixth stakes winner in that jurisdiction (13%), joining Grade III winners Sacred Life (Fr), La Signare (Fr), Love And Thunder (Ire), and Beautiful Love (Ire), as well as Listed Golden Poppy Stakes heroine Altea (Fr), who has placed four times at graded level.
See You Around (IRE) and @iradortiz hit the wire first in the Tropical Park Oaks! #GulfstreamPark #ChampionshipMeet pic.twitter.com/MLo2joPwLh
— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) December 14, 2024
Repeat Winner
Scarlet Poppy (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) made it two consecutive wins when taking a Tampa Bay Downs race for trainer Wesley Ward on Dec. 14 (video). A runner for Stonestreet Stables, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg, the 3-year-old filly first featured in this column when she broke her maiden in New York two months ago.
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