By Tom Frary
Just three lined up for Sunday's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and it went to form as Coolmore and Westerberg's G2 Beresford Stakes runner-up Tennessee Stud (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}–In My Dreams {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) upstaged Ahmad Al Shaikh's G3 Zetland Stakes runner-up Green Storm (Ire) (Circus Maximus {Ire}) in the match it looked on paper. In a renewal marred by the dismal lack of appetite for competition among the country's trainers, the Joseph O'Brien-trained 3-5 favourite only had to follow around the British raider and wear him down 100 metres from the line for a 1 1/2-length success. Harvey (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) enjoyed the easiest piece of group 1 black-type conceivable nine lengths away in third in a race that is surely asking to be stripped of its status by the EPC.
“He's a really tough colt,” Joseph O'Brien said of the winner, who was beaten by Saturday's G1 Futurity Trophy winner Hotazhell (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) in the Beresford having won his maiden at Tipperary last month. “Dylan [Browne McMonagle] said he was really labouring in conditions most of the race and it is a testament to his attitude he was able to fight all the way to the line and win the race. He's a very exciting horse for the future. He is probably a middle-distance horse and I imagine he will be trained with Derbys in mind next summer.”
This race was sorely missing Ballydoyle's G1 Fillies' Mile third Ballet Slippers (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was revealed by Aidan O'Brien to have suffered a fracture during her last piece of work.
Determined performance! Tennessee Stud chases down Green Storm to land the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud for @JosephOBrien2 and @DylanBrowneMcM… pic.twitter.com/MnjZYqdylZ
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 27, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Tennessee Stud's dam In My Dreams, who is also responsible for the listed-placed Jumellea (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), is a half to the seven-times group 1-winning Ballydoyle legend and leading sire Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire). Also connected to the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Intricately (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and the G2 Mooresbridge Stakes scorer Visualisation (Ire) (No Nay Never), her yearling colt is by Footstepsinthesand (GB) while she also has a foal full-brother to Tennessee Stud.
Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, €250,000, Saint-Cloud, 10-27, 2yo, c/f, 10fT, 2:16.08, hy.
1–TENNESSEE STUD (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
1st Dam: In My Dreams (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Offshore Boom (Ire), by Be My Guest
3rd Dam: Push A Button (Ire), by Bold Lad (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Westerberg, Michael Tabor, Mrs John Magnier & Derrick Smith; B-Mrs A M O'Brien (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien; J-Dylan Browne McMonagle. €142,850. Lifetime Record: GSP-Ire, 4-2-1-1, €178,300. *1/2 to Jumellea (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Green Storm (Ire), 126, c, 2, Circus Maximus (Ire)–Banimpire (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€12,000 Ylg '23 GOFORB). O-Ahmad Al Shaikh; B-Banimpire Syndicate (IRE); T-Charlie Johnston. €57,150.
3–Harvey (Fr), 126, c, 2, Le Havre (Ire)–Nunzia (Fr), by Epaulette (Aus). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€47,000 Ylg '23 ARQAUG). O-Miss E Nolan & Paul Hancock; B-Elevage Haras De Bourgeauville (FR); T-Peter Chapple-Hyam. €28,575.
Margins: 1HF, 9. Odds: 0.60, 1.90, 3.40.
Scratched: Ballet Slippers (Ire).
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