Sistercharlie (Ire)

After making the long journey from his Japanese base, Group 3 winner Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) arrived in Chantilly on August 27 ahead of an intended engagement in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The three-year-old will use Chantilly as his training base ahead of Longchamp's marquee race on the first Sunday in October. Victorious in last season's G3 Kyoto Nisai Stakes, he was runner-up in the G1 Hopeful Stakes. This season, he has finished second in the G2 Deep Impact Kinen at Nakayama and third in the...

Just a handful of days after her passing from colic, Ecurie des Monceaux's star broodmare Starlet's Sister (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) came up with her fourth group winner, the now two-for-two Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who won the G3 Radio Nikkei Hai Kyoto Nisai S. at Kyoto on Saturday. The chestnut full-brother to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was made the 5-2 pick by the Kyoto faithful, but his task was not made easier when he made a slight hop at the break and...

Ecurie des Monceaux's unraced 2-year-old filly Snowpark (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}--Starlet's Sister {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}), a half-sister to Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), went postward at odds of 37-10 for Thursday's Prix de Hotot-En-Auge over one mile at Deauville and returned home with a 'TDN Rising Star' rosette after producing an impressive closing burst in the debutantes' heat. Snowpark was swiftly into stride from the inside stall and raced in a close-up third through the early stages. Shuffled down to fifth soon after turning for home, she was shaken up approaching...