By Tom Frary
Two-for-two entering Deauville's seven-furlong G3 Prix Six Perfections on Sunday, the €110,000 Goffs Orby Book 1 graduate Angeal (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}–Curvy {GB}, by Galileo {Ire}) showed that she is not shy of a battle, emerging the other side with her perfect tally intact.
Educated at Saint-Cloud over the past two months, the Christopher Head-trained daughter of Coolmore's GI E. P. Taylor Stakes heroine who races for Christophe Brun, Ecurie Normandy Spirit and Gerard Larrieu was settled in second from the outset by Aurelien Lemaitre.
Getting to the front at the top of the straight in preparation for warding off the closers, the 23-10 favourite fought hard to retain her advantage and prevail by a short neck and a head from Royalty Bay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and Relaxx (Fr) (City Light {Fr}). The win completed a rare clean sweep in pattern races on the afternoon for the French-trained horses to get Deauville August off to a flyer for the domestic runners.
“I'm delighted she remains undefeated with a great performance,” Christopher Head said. “She has a lovely temperament and she never gives up when she has to fight. With her lovely pedigree, to win a group race was most important and it is mission accomplished. We'll now take our time to prepare her for the one-mile [G3] Prix d'Aumale and then the [G1] Marcel Boussac.”
Flawless record intact! Angeal holds on to make it three from three in the Gr3 Prix Six Perfections for @CHeadRacing and @lemaitre60LA at Deauville… pic.twitter.com/sqwi6AgqzO
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 28, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Angeal, who becomes the 30th group winner for her sire, is the first of that type for the talented dam, who also captured the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes and G3 Gallinule Stakes and was third in the G1 Irish Oaks. Kin to the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas-winning sire Power (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), the fellow Ribblesdale scorer Thakafaat (Ire) (Unfuwain) and the stakes producer Applauded (Ire) (Royal Applause {GB}), her previous best was the GIII Cecil B. DeMille Stakes runner-up Caisson (War Front). Also connected to Giant's Causeway's G1 2,000 Guineas-winning sire Footstepsinthesand (GB), Curvy's yearling filly is by Siyouni (Fr).
Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX SIX PERFECTIONS SKY SPORTS RACING-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 7-28, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:26.23, g/s.
1–ANGEAL (IRE), 123, f, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
1st Dam: Curvy (GB) (GISW-Can, GSW-Eng, GSW & G1SP-Ire, $555,392), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Frappe (Ire), by Inchinor (GB)
3rd Dam: Glatisant (GB), by Rainbow Quest
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€110,000 Ylg '23 GOFORB). O-Christophe Brun, Ecurie Normandy Spirit & Gerard Larrieu; B-Coolmore Stud (IRE); T-Christopher Head; J-Aurelien Lemaitre. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €72,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Royalty Bay (Ire), 123, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Dubai Rainbow (Ire), by Tamayuz (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (38,000gns RNA Wlg '22 TATFOA; £23,000 Ylg '23 GOFPRM; £125,000 2yo '24 GOFAPR. O-Eco-Power Racing; B-Luke & Adam Morgan (IRE); T-John & Sean Quinn. €16,000.
3–Relaxx (Fr), 123, f, 2, City Light (Fr)–Texalila (Fr), by Sunday Break (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€50,000 Ylg '23 ARQAUG). O-Stars Of Fortune, Ecurie JML Racing & Fletcher Michelet; B-SCEA des Prairies (FR); T-Carlos & Yann Lerner. €12,000.
Margins: SNK, HD, 1 3/4. Odds: 2.30, 5.70, 3.40.
Also Ran: Biniorella Bay (GB), Bravo Bay (Fr), Miss Lacouma (Ire). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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