By Tom Frary
Offering the perfect reputation enhancement ahead of her impending online sale date in next week's Magic Millions, Spinning Memories (Ire) (Arcano {Ire}) swooped late to add Thursday's G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at Clairefontaine to her burgeoning tally. Having registered back-to-back successes in the Listed Prix Maurice Zilber over this seven-furlong trip at ParisLongchamp May 11, Sutong Pan Racing Bloodstock's bay had the ideal fast pace to run at courtesy of Azano (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Picking up from rear under Christophe Soumillon, the even-money favourite reeled in that aggressively-ridden long-time leader and Stunning Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) on opposite sides of the track in the final yards to register a length verdict.
Formerly with Andrew Oliver in Ireland, Spinning Memories registered her first black-type success in the Listed Prix Matchem over this trip in October 2018 before taking the following year's Maurice Zilber. Fourth in this race when it was staged at its traditional home of ParisLongchamp last May, she was third in the G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot over that same track and trip in July before just missing out on third in the 6 1/2-furlong G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville. Gaining compensation when taking the August festival's G3 Prix de Meautry over six furlongs, she was ninth trying five furlongs in the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp in October.
“She is such a lovely filly and seven is really her best trip,” trainer Pascal Bary commented. “It was a truly-run race and she delivered nicely. I don't know what will happen after she is offered online–whether or not she will be sold and whether she will stay with me. If she does stay with me I will target her at the Prix Maurice de Gheest again.”
Spinning Memories is the first foal out of an unraced granddaughter of the GI Beverly D. S. and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk). Her best progeny was the GI Diana S. and GI Garden City S. winner Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}), while her half-sister Memories (Hail the Pirates) captured the GII Miss Grillo S. before throwing the Palais-Royal-winning sire Russian Revival (Nureyev).
Thursday, Clairefontaine, France
PRIX DU PALAIS-ROYAL – PRIX HONNEUR AUX ACTEURS DES COURSES-G3, €56,000, Clairefontaine, 5-28, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:22.70, g/s.
1–SPINNING MEMORIES (IRE), 127, m, 5, by Arcano (Ire)
1st Dam: Hanalei Memories, by Hard Spun
2nd Dam: Memories For Us, by Street Cry (Ire)
3rd Dam: Memories of Silver, by Silver Hawk
O-Pan Sutong Racing Bloodstock; B-Mubarak Al Naemi (IRE); T-Pascal Bary; J-Christophe Soumillon. €28,000. Lifetime Record: 12-6-0-1, €187,890. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Azano (GB), 130, g, 4, Oasis Dream (GB)–Azanara (Ire), by Hurricane Run (Ire). O-Martin & Lee Taylor; B-Elysian Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €11,200.
3–Stunning Spirit (GB), 130, h, 6, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Stunning View, by Dynaformer. (€65,000 5yo '19 ARQARC). O-Le Haras de la Gousserie; B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-Frederic Rossi. €8,400.
Margins: 1, SHD, 3. Odds: 1.00, 4.30, 4.40.
Also Ran: Stormbringer (GB), Devil (Ire), Milord's Song (Fr), Tertius (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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