By Tom Frary
There is every chance that Sunday's G3 Prix du Prince d'Orange was a hot affair and so all credit goes to Godolphin's Ombudsman (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}–Syndicate {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) for extending his unbeaten sequence in ParisLongchamp's 10-furlong test. Impressive on good ground in the Listed Prix Nureyev at Deauville last month, the 3-5 favourite raced in the box seat behind the leader First Look (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and was gifted a clear run up the rail as that G1 Prix du Jockey Club runner-up drifted left passing the two-furlong marker.
Green and errant for William Buick on the run to the line, the Gosdens' upwardly-mobile colt veered off a true line twice to interfere with the similarly progressive Henri-Francois Devin trainee Start Of Day (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) close home but was allowed to keep the race after an inquiry. Start Of Day was half a length behind at the line, with Supercooled (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) 3/4 of a length away in third.
“He's still a big baby and when the inside opened up he was having a look around and running both ways with me,” Buick explained. “He's a very nice horse and very talented with a big engine, but he's still got a lot to learn. It was a very slow pace and the ground was new for him, but that seemed like a very good race and he is a top-class mile-and-a-quarter horse. I think he's a horse who can quicken off a high tempo and he never really got the chance to show his best qualities.”
Godolphin Managing Director for UK and Dubai Hugh Anderson said, “William said that Ombudsman is a very good horse who is a little bit green and perhaps that is what we saw in the final stages. I am really delighted and John and Thady have campaigned him superbly, with the win at Deauville and now here. The expectation is that he is going to be a very good 4-year-old and he's definitely coming back next year–I'm not sure about whether he will race again this year.”
Prince d'Orange (Gr3, 3 ans, 2.000m) à #ParisLongchamp
Ombudsman @godolphin reçu 4 sur 4. Doublé pour l'étalon Night of Thunder puisque Start of Day se classe deuxième. Seule pouliche au départ, la pensionnaire d'Henri-François Devin réalise une superbe performance pic.twitter.com/kTeduvKBCb
— France Galop (@francegalop) September 8, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Ombudsman is the second foal out of Syndicate, a 25,000gns Juddmonte cast-off at the 2017 Tattersalls December Sale who is a full-sister to the G3 Premio Carlo Vittadini winner Runnymede (GB) and the dual listed winner and G2 Celebration Mile runner-up Stipulate (GB). Her second dam is the listed scorer Insinuate (Mr. Prospector), who produced the group 3 winners Convey (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Stronghold (GB) by Dansili's sire Danehill.
The fourth dam is All At Sea (Riverman), who captured this card's feature G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in 1992 and was placed in the G1 Oaks and G1 Juddmonte International. From the family of the four-times group 1-winning Twice Over (GB) (Observatory), Syndicate's yearling full-sister to the winner is due to sell at the upcoming Tattersalls October Book 1.
Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DU PRINCE D'ORANGE-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-8, 3yo, 10fT, 2:11.42, sf.
1–OMBUDSMAN (IRE), 125, c, 3, by Night Of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: Syndicate (GB), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Indication (GB), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Insinuate, by Mr. Prospector
1ST GROUP WIN. (340,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-J Hanly (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-William Buick. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, €78,249. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Start Of Day (GB), 121, f, 3, Night Of Thunder (Ire)–Pacifica Highway, by Pulpit. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (130,000gns Wlg '21 TAFOA; 525,000gns Ylg '22 TAOCT). O-Hisaaki Saito; B-Overbury Stallions Ltd (GB); T-Henri-Francois Devin. €16,000.
3–Supercooled (Ire), 125, c, 3, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Liquid Amber, by Kitten's Joy. O/B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000.
Margins: HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 0.60, 16.00, 13.00.
Also Ran: Map Of Stars (GB), Fast Tracker (GB), First Look (Ire), Meydaan (Ire).
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