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Qatar Tribune
3 days ago
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Camille Pissarro wins QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club
Agencies Chantilly (France) Camille Pissarro justified his favourite's tag to deliver a second French Derby (Prix du Jockey Club) for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien after winning in impressive style at Chantilly on Sunday. Hamad bin Abdulrahman Al Attiyah, Chairman of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), crowned the winners of the QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club. Jockey Ryan Moore had to battle to find room on the inside, but once the Englishman squeezed through a gap between the long time leaders Bowmark and Trinity College he surged clear. Cualificar, trained by 79-year-old legend Andre Fabre, finished second with English raider Detain third and the winner's valiant stablemate Trinity College fourth. Camille Pissarro has found France a rich hunting ground, winning a Group One last year and then third in the French 2000 Guineas last time out. Indeed it was thanks to Christophe Soumillon, his jockey in the Guineas, that O'Brien was minded to run him at Chantilly as the Belgium-born ace said he would stay the extra distance. 'Yes a great run,' said O'Brien, whose previous winner came in 2021 with St Mark's Basilica. 'It is incredible, I am absolutely delighted as we were worried about the trip. 'Christophe was sure he would stay and Ryan gave him a great ride. 'I am over the moon,' added the 55-year-old Irishman. For Moore, 41, and O'Brien it was their second classic win in France this campaign, having landed the French 2000 Guineas with Henri Matisse last month. 'The horse did everything right,' said Moore whose previous win in the race came on The Grey Gatsby in 2014. 'Aidan had him in a beautiful frame of mind. 'I had to wait for a bit of room but once we found it, he had a superb burst of acceleration. 'I could not be more happy with him.' Soumillon despite his perspicacious advice to O'Brien had to give way to Moore for the ride, and was third on Detain. The four-time French Derby winning jockey, who turns 44 on Wednesday, was graceful in defeat, riding up to Moore and shaking his hand before patting Camille Pissarro on the head. Bred by CN Farm Ltd, Camille Pissarro is out of Entreat (Pivotal), a winner over 1900 metres at three. He is a half-brother to Golden Horde (Lethal Force), winner of the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup over 1200 metres at three.
New Paper
3 days ago
- Sport
- New Paper
Irish masterpiece on full display in French Derby
PARIS Ireland's Camille Pissarro showcased his close affinity with France by claiming the €1.5 million (S$2.2 million) Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (2,100m) at Chantilly on June 1. Camille Pissarro is trained in Ireland at the great Ballydoyle training centre, overseen by multiple-champion trainer Aidan O'Brien. But he clearly enjoys France, where he has received his best accolades: the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at age two in October 2024 and a third-place finish in the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1,600m) on May 11. He is also a son of popular stallion Wootton Bassett, who first rose to prominence in France and now stands in Ireland at Coolmore Stud, the stud farm for which O'Brien trains. Besides the horse's name, a reference to one of the great French Impressionist masters, another French-Irish connection is his dam Entreat. She previously produced another Group 1 winner, Golden Horde, a son of Lethal Force now standing as a stallion in Normandy at the Haras de Montfort et Preaux. Slated as the first leg of the brand new Arc Races, the Prix du Jockey Club was effectively decided well before the finish line. The three horses who would eventually fill the podium, Camille Pissarro (Ryan Moore), Cualificar (William Buick), and Detain (Christophe Soumillon), were already well placed in ambush behind the two leaders - the eventual fourth-placed Trinity College (Wayne Lordan) and Bowmark (Tom Marquand) - 1,000m from the post, as they approached the long final bend that runs past the picturesque Great Stables chateau. In fact, among the top five finishers, the only horse to make up ground in the straight was the Aga Khan's Azimpour (Clement Lecoeuvre), who came in fifth ahead of his stablemate Ridari (Mickael Barzalona). All the horses who came from the outside, often forced there by bad draws, faded in the final straight. It yet again confirmed the belief that when high-class horses secure the rails, it is nearly impossible to make up ground on them. As an interesting anecdote, in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Camille Pissarro was beaten by his stablemate and co-owned runner, Henri Matisse, who is also a son of Wootton Bassett and is similarly named in tribute to a great French painter. Regarded by many as the best trainer in the world, O'Brien won his second consecutive Prix du Jockey Club, after years of trying unsuccessfully in the race English speakers refer to as the French Derby. His only previous win came with St Mark's Basilica in 2021. "After the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, when Christophe Soumillon got off the horse, he immediately told us to run him in the Jockey Club," said the Ballydoyle maestro. "He's a miler, but he stays 2,000 metres, and that's exactly what you need to win the French Derby. He's a colt we've always really liked. "Last year, he was our top chance for the Coventry Stakes, but at the time he was probably still too green. "Over time, he toughened up, and we felt in the second half of the season that he deserved a run in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere." No immediate plans have been pencilled in for Camille Pissarro, who has now enhanced his record to three wins and five placings in 10 starts. "As for the rest of his programme, we're taking it race by race," said O'Brien. "His owners will talk things through with the jockey, who will then get back to me." Despite pairing up with Camille Passiro in eight of his 10 starts for two of his three wins, Moore deflected the praise to Soumillion, who, incidentally was aboard third-placed Detain for John and Thady Gosden. "The race went very smoothly. I had a good draw, the pace wasn't crazy, but the horse was very relaxed," said Moore. "When I asked him, he responded well. Christophe Soumillon taught me how to ride him." The Arc Races were conceptualised by France Galop as a new circuit of eight marquee contests. The winners earn a wild card for the ultimate autumn challenge in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2,400m) at ParisLongchamp on Oct 5. FRANCE GALOP
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Ryan Moore shines on Camille Pissarro in French Derby as Croix du Nord confirms star status
Ryan Moore showed his class once again as Camille Pissarro got the gaps in the nick of time to win the Group One Prix Du Jockey Club (2,000m) at Chantilly on Sunday. The $3.4 favourite was always prominent in the box seat under Moore but as the field began to sprint in the home straight, he was stuck behind a wall of horses. Camille Pissarro was forced to sit and suffer, but Moore kept the revs up on the Wootton Bassett galloper and when Bowmark began to weaken on the rail, the 41-year-old needed no second invitation. The pair quickened up smartly into the lead between horses at the 200m pole and gained a winning break, fending off late challenges from Andre Fabre's Cualificar and the John and Thady Gosden-trained Detain in the final strides. Camille Pissarro wins the 2025 Prix du Jockey Club! 🏆🇫🇷 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 1, 2025 Christophe Soumillon, who rode third-placed Detain, won on Camille Pissarro in the Group One Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1,800m) last season and Moore – perhaps tongue-in-cheek – gave the French star credit after Sunday's success. 'The race went very smoothly. I had a good draw [barrier one], the pace wasn't crazy, but the horse was very relaxed,' said Moore. 'When I asked him, he responded well. Christophe Soumillon taught me how to ride him!' And trainer O'Brien followed suit, with the French Derby distance seemingly a masterstroke by Soumillon. 'After the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains, when Christophe Soumillon got off the horse, he immediately told us to run him in the Jockey Club,' said O'Brien. HK Racing News Get updates direct to your inbox Sign up Best Bets Racing News By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy Error: Please enter a valid email. The email address is already in use. Please login to subscribe. Error, please try again later. THANK YOU You are one the list. Aidan O'Brien was once again formidable on the big stage. 'He's a miler … but he stays 2,000m, and that's exactly what you need to win the French Derby. He's a colt we've always really liked.' Meanwhile, Croix du Nord bounced back from defeat in the Group One Satsuki Sho (2,000m) and confirmed his lofty reputation with a sparkling performance to win the Group One Tokyo Yushun (2,400m). Ho O Atman made sure the Japanese Derby was a test, zipping out to a 10-length lead, with Yuichi Kitamura stalking the pace in the main group on $2.4 favourite Croix du Nord. As the field turned in, Kitamura made his move and when he asked the Japan Racing Association's Best Two-Year-Old Colt for 2024 for maximum effort, he responded by charging to the lead at the 300m. Both Masquerade Ball and Shohei finished fast, but neither were ever going quick enough to land a glove on the next Japanese superstar, with Kitamura heaping praise on his partner. 'I felt it was my responsibility to make Croix du Nord a Derby winner ever since the colt won the Hopeful Stakes, so my feeling now is that I am relieved to have accomplished by mission,' said Kitamura. 'The colt felt great today and I was able to come into the race with every confidence, so victory itself came as no surprise to me. 'The break was smooth and after that, I was concentrating on keeping him in a comfortable rhythm more so than what position he was sitting in. In the stretch run, he responded really well and as I've said, I had every confidence in the colt and drove him on believing that he would make it to the wire a winner.'
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
‘A bit of a freak': Wootton Bassett's incredible run continues with Camille Pissaro's 2025 French Derby victory
Coolmore Australia supremo Tom Magnier has described Wootton Bassett as a 'freak' after the sire sensation's son Camille Pissaro won the French Derby at Chantilly on Sunday. Camille Pissaro's classic triumph gave Wootton Bassett the prestigious French Group 1 three-year-old double after another of his sons, Henri Matisse, won the 2000 Guineas at Longchamp last month. 'Wootton Bassett is a bit of a freak,'' Magnier said 'It's exciting to have him coming back to our farm in the Hunter Valley for the spring breeding season.'' Wootton Bassett, who also sired the minor placegetter Detain in the French Derby, is returning to Coolmore this spring and will stand at an Australian record service fee of $385,000. Brilliant colt Camille Pissarro provided trainer Aidan O'Brien, jockey Ryan Moore and the three-year-old's sire, Wootton Bassett, with their second French Derby. O'Brien also won the French classic with St Mark's Basilica in 2021 and Moore rode The Great Gatsby to his 2014 Derby success. Wootton Bassett is also the sire of Almanzor, winner of the 2016 French Derby. O'Brien told French media that Moore gave Camille Pissarro 'an incredible ride.'' It’s Aidan O’Brien’s Prix Jockey Club! 🇫🇷 Ryan Moore brings home CAMILLE PISSARO in the big on @fgchantilly ðŸ'� — World Horse Racing (@WHR) June 1, 2025 'Ryan was prepared to wait today and had to ride him to try to get the trip, which was an unknown,'' O'Brien said. 'Obviously Ryan had a lovely draw and different to the Guineas where he was wide all the way. Ryan gave him a masterclass. 'Camille Pissaro's very exciting and he's a Group 1 winner at two and now he's a French Derby winner and we all know how important they are. 'He's a perfectly proportioned son of Wootton Bassett and although a mile and a quarter is obviously fine, I think going back to a mile would be no problem for him.''
North Wales Chronicle
4 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Moore delivers Chantilly masterpiece on Camille Pissarro
A close-up third behind stablemate Henri Matisse in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains last month, the Ballydoyle inmate was sent off the bookmakers' favourite for his second taste of Classic action in France. From a position on the inside rail, his pilot had to be patient once the race started to unfold up the home straight, but Moore found the gaps at the right time to deliver his mount. Andre Fabre's Cualificar kept on for second ahead of John and Thady Gosden's Detain. The winner's stablemate Trinity College finished fourth after being up with pace alongside the Clarehaven-trained Bowmark for the majority of the contest. Camille Pissarro wins the 2025 Prix du Jockey Club! 🏆🇫🇷 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 1, 2025 O'Brien said: 'I'm delighted for everybody and Ryan gave him an incredible ride. 'He's very exciting and he's a Group One winner at two and now he's a French Derby winner and we all know how important they are. 'Ryan was prepared to wait today and had to ride him to try to get the trip, which was an unknown. Obviously Ryan had a lovely draw and different to the Guineas where he was wide all the way. 'We thought he was a top-class horse last year and he went to the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot as our number one horse. 'He is a big, powerful horse and was obviously a bit weak and then progressed as the year went on. He's got a big frame – a big, rangy horse with a lovely mind and it takes a very good horse to keep taking his training, as he was growing last year and at the same time running one big race after another. Camille Pissarro returns to the Chantilly winner's enclosure — PA Racing (@PAracing) June 1, 2025 'We thought he was just getting there but getting a little bit tired previously. But he was always a special individual and showed the ability of a top-class Group One horse. 'We saw it on Arc day and we saw it again when he ran in the French Guineas and Christophe (Soumillon, jockey) said no problem, take him to the French Derby. It was lovely ground here, Ryan was over the moon when he saw the draw and Ryan gave him a masterclass.' Moore added: 'He was very straightforward and I thought we had a lovely stall. He began nicely and relaxed into a rhythm and I was able to make ground smoothly from halfway. 'We got quite strung out but he was very smooth and I just had to show a bit of patience, wait for the run to present itself, then took it. 'It was a very smart performance from a horse who just seems to be getting better. 'He's always been a good-looking horse and highly thought of. I just wasn't getting it quite right on him and Christophe has shown me how to ride him and he recommended this race and it all worked out beautifully.' Camille Pissarro joins O'Brien's St Mark's Basilica on the Chantilly roll of honour, with the Ballydoyle handler minded to keep options open for the future, admitting he would not be against a return to a mile. O'Brien added: 'He's a perfectly proportioned son of Wootton Bassett and although a mile and a quarter is obviously fine, I think going back to a mile would be no problem for him. 'We go from race to race and find out every two weeks how the horses are. It's then we decide what plan to make and we go with the flow. You can't be sure this horse would get a mile and a half but he obviously is a class horse.'
