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South China Morning Post
15 hours ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Camille Pissarro and Croix Du Nord headline star simulcast cast in France and Japan
Aidan O'Brien heads into Sunday's Group One Qatar Prix du Jockey Club (2,000m) double-handed as he bids to win the race for just the second time in his career at Chantilly on Sunday. The master of Ballydoyle first landed the French Derby with St Mark's Basilica and Camille Pissarro looks to have a brilliant chance of doubling his tally in the third French Classic of the season. The Wootton Bassett galloper won the Group One Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1,400m) at Longchamp in October and posted a career-best performance to finish third in the Group One Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1,600m) on his second run of this campaign. He was abandoned by Ryan Moore that day, but the top-class rider will reunite with him on this occasion and from the box-seat draw in barrier one, Camille Pissarro is set to go off favourite. Henri Matisse takes the Poule d'Essai des Poulains!🏆 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 11, 2025 'Christophe [Soumillon] rode him last time and the minute he came in he said that this should be his next race,' O'Brien said. 'As a two-year-old, we weren't sure that he would even get seven furlongs. 'But he obviously won on Arc Day with Christophe and he felt the French Derby was made for him.' O'Brien also runs the Listed Epsom Blue Riband Trial (2,000m) second Trinity College, who will be ridden by Wayne Lordan. French hopes are led by Mikel Delzangles-trained Ridari, who won the Group Three Prix de Fontainebleau (1,600m) on reappearance before finishing fifth and two places behind Camille Pissarro in the French 2,000 Guineas. The outsider of the party Sea Scout, ridden by Harry Davies and trained by @gainsboroughHQ, continues his upward curve, holding on to victory in the Listed @Betfred Blue Riband Trial from the fast-finishing Trinity College 👏 — Epsom Downs Racecourse (@EpsomRacecourse) April 22, 2025 Late interference likely cost the son of Churchill fourth and on just his second start at the 2,000m trip, Delzangles will be hoping he can show improved form. The British challenge is led by Detain, who also ran in the French 2,000 Guineas, finishing a length off Ridari after lashing home from off the pace. He beat fellow British raider Luther on reappearance, but that rival reversed form and finished fourth in the aforementioned French 2,000 Guineas. The Jockey Club is simulcasting five races from Chantilly, while seven races will be offered for betting from Tokyo Racecourse, which stages the Group One Tokyo Yushun (2,400m). G1 2yo 2000m Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama: Won by 2c 6. CROIX DU NORD (Kitasan Black x Rising Cross 🇬🇧 (Cape Cross)) under Yuichi Kitamura 2.00.5 CROIX DU NORD now 3 for 3, an emerging superstar, same career rotation as CONTRAIL to date. KITASAN BLACK! — Graham Pavey (@LongBallToNoOne) December 28, 2024 The headline act is Croix Du Nord, who won the Group One Hopeful Stakes (2,000m) last year and was named Japan Racing Association's Best Two-Year-Old Colt for 2024. He lost his unbeaten record in the Group One Satsuki Sho (2,000m), but trainer Takashi Saito is confident we will see a different horse this time around. 'It was a difficult schedule getting him ready for the Satsuki Sho,' said Saito. 'With a sharpener this time, it's made things easier. He's moving well and his responses seem to be a level, or even two levels, above what they were before. 'Compared to the Satsuki Sho, he is in much better shape, both mentally and physically.' UPSET IN NAKAYAMA 🎌 MUSEUM MILE ミュージアムマイル hands star three-year-old CROIX DU NORD クロワデュノール his first loss to claim the G1 Satsuki Sho ✅ What a season Joao Moreira is having in Japan! 🇧🇷#ミュージアムマイル #クロワデュノール #競馬 — World Horse Racing (@WHR) April 20, 2025 He will reoppose the Satsuki Sho winner Museum Mile, but his trainer Daisuke Takayanagi was far less bullish on the chances of him holding that form. 'He definitely looks close to the condition he was in last time but, this time, he's holding back a bit,' said Takayanagi. 'Courage is what we need. As the Satsuki Sho winner, I think I can say he's heading into the Derby in a condition that will leave no room for embarrassment.'
Irish Times
a day ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Winning combination of Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore pin hopes on Camille Pissarro in French Derby
The official start of summer sees the first of European racing's three main Derby prizes up for grabs, with Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore teaming up to try and land Sunday's Qatar Prix du Jockey Club in Chantilly. Racing's most potent partnership relies on Camille Pissarro in the €1.5 million French Derby, which this year takes place before next weekend's Epsom action. Delacroix and The Lion In Winter remain on course for English racing's 'Blue Riband' next Saturday and appear to be O'Brien's two main middle-distance classic hopes this season. The Irish Derby takes place on June 29. Camille Pissarro will be joined in Sunday's 18-runner field by stable companion Trinity College, the mount of Wayne Lordan. READ MORE The 'Jockey Club' has traditionally played second-fiddle to Epsom in Ballydoyle's Derby priorities. There was over 20 years of failure before O'Brien finally won it in 2021 with St Mark's Basilica. He was just the third ever Irish-trained winner of France's premier classic, decades after the Robert Sangster owned pair Assert and Caerleon won back-to-back in 1982 and 1983. Moore is also a previous French Derby winner on The Grey Gatsby 11 years ago. Having guided Henri Matisse to French Guineas glory at Longchamp earlier this month and sluiced up in last weekend's Irish 1000 Guineas on Lake Victoria, Moore is on a classic roll and has already enjoyed some good fortune ahead of Sunday's big race. The draw around Chantilly's 10½ furlongs is always a major factor but even more so with 18 runners. Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien after winning The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas with Lake Victoria. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Traditionally a double-digit wide draw is regarded as a negative. Camille Pissarro is bang on the rail in stall one. Moore might ideally prefer Trinity College's spot in three in terms of options, but it's a lot better than the fancied home pair Nitoi and Parachutiste on the outside. Camille Pissarro has at least got better luck in the draw than in the French Guineas where he was 15 of 16 around Longchamp's tight mile. He did well to reach third behind his stable companion, after which Christophe Soumillon immediately advised advised O'Brien to consider him for the French Derby. The Belgian rider landed the Lagardere on Camille Pissarro as a two-year-old but with Moore riding the Irish number one, Soumillon teams up with Detain, one of four English trained hopefuls. He too ran in the 'Poulains' and was sixth to Henri Matisse. The Gosden team, successful with Mishriff in 2020, have another runner in Bowmark. Nothing was drawn wider in the French Guineas than Luther, who ran on to be fourth. He represents Kieran Shoemark and Charlie Fellowes who lost the 'Pouliches' in the stewards' room after She's Perfect's interference with Zaragina. The latter's late owner and breeder, the Aga Khan, won the Jockey Club six times. Both Ridari and Azimpour will carry his famous green silks this time. Mickael Barzalona has opted for Ridari, who shapes as relishing the step up to this trip. He is by the stallion Churchill who sired the 2022 winner Vadeni. Chantilly presents its own kind of Derby challenge and O'Brien commented: 'We feel you need a miler that stays, that's the way the French Derby is now over 10 furlongs. 'Before you'd need a classic middle-distance horse over a mile and a half. Now you need a miler that gets nine furlongs, I think, and might get a bit further.' He added: 'The Epsom horses, if you have a real good mile-and-a-quarter horse, they might get away with a mile and a half there and then coming to the Curragh, it's a bit more straightforward, but they need to get a mile and a half well.' Sunday's feature is off at 3.05pm Irish-time and live on Sky Sports Racing. Elsewhere on the Chantilly card, Joseph O'Brien has snapped up Maxime Guyon to ride Midnight Strike in a Listed race after the Derby. An intense domestic bank holiday programme includes a pair of National Hunt cards on Saturday. Listowel kicks off three-days of action with a Mares Hurdle that sees champion jockey Paul Townend travel to the Kingdom for a single ride on Maughreen. The most high-profile runner on view will be the 2021 Irish St Leger hero Sonnyboyliston who gets a new jumping career off to a start in the following maiden hurdle. [ Charles Byrnes says no one hurting more than son Philip after 'soft unseat' at Wexford Opens in new window ] [ Aidan O'Brien's outstanding stayer Kyprios retired after aggravating old injury Opens in new window ] Sonnboyliston is now with Charles Byrnes who ran him in the Vintage Crop Stakes last time. How many of this opposition could get within ten lengths of Kyprios on the flat is debatable. Victory for the eight-year-old would be a boost for Byrnes and his son Philip, whose controversial unseat from Redwood Queen at Wexford on Wednesday is being investigated by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). Redwood Queen, who had drifted in betting for the contest, looked to have a claiming hurdle race won until unshipping her rider. The incident has generated significant comment including immediately afterwards on Racing TV, where it was described as a 'soft unseat' by one pundit. Lots of online discussion following the opening race at Wexford earlier, and our team look back at the incident — Racing TV (@RacingTV) Although the race-day stewards at Wexford reviewed the unseating, they took no further action. However, the IHRB has subsequently opted to carry out a review of the incident. Charles Byrnes defended his son on Friday, arguing it is clear what occurred at the final hurdle. 'It's obvious what happened,' said the Co Limerick trainer. 'He was trying to get the mare to go in and pop it, because obviously she had the race won, and she came up out of his hands and blew him out of the saddle. There's no one hurting more than Philip about it.'
The Sun
a day ago
- Business
- The Sun
Aidan O'Brien's massive Derby favourite a huge drifter in the market as stablemate is smashed in
WINTER'S OVER Punters are siding with only one of the runners Sam Morgan Published: 14:18, Updated: 14:19, AIDAN O'BRIEN'S massive Derby favourite The Lion In Winter is a huge drifter in the market. And stablemate Delacroix has been smashed into favourite. 1 Acomb Stakes winner The Lion In Winter - who flopped in the Dante at York - is out to a huge 11 (10-1) on the Betfair Exchange. While Coral reported a surge of bets for Coolmore-owned Delacroix, who looks like being the mount of Ryan Moore. Coral's David Stevens said: "Since Aidan O'Brien's comments earlier this week that Ryan Moore would find it difficult not to ride Delacroix at Epsom, the Leopardstown Trial winner has been the best-backed Derby contender by far. "He has regained outright favouritism for the Classic, in contrast to The Lion In Winter, who has now been eased to 6-1 for next Saturday's race." More to follow. . Remember to gamble responsibly
South Wales Argus
2 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Almaqam makes most of Brigadier Gerard opportunity
The Ed Walker-trained colt has mixed it in smart company since winning the Heron Stakes on this card 12 months – crossing swords with the likes of Economics – and when last seen he was a touch unlucky when third over this course and distance in the Gordon Richards Stakes. Ryan Moore and the previously unbeaten Ombudsman threw down their challenge inside the final-quarter mile, but Almaqam (7-4) never really looked like folding and kept on strongly to triumph by a length and three-quarters from the 5-4 favourite. 'It was a big day for him and my team and myself and we all believe a lot in this horse,' said Walker after once again seeing his star performer thrive in Esher. 'I have not held back how much I think of him and you could tee yourself up for a big fall. We skipped a couple of Group Ones last weekend to come here and get the job done and back winning and thank god he did. 'He has got a great attitude and funnily enough last year we had him in a lip chain for the prelims and this year we have took it off and he's just asleep and so laid back. 'I think that's what got him beat here last time as he was so relaxed and thought he was on his winter holidays and just flopped out the gates and flopped round and didn't really help Tom Marquand out. 'He's definitely sharpened up for that run at home. I was really worried when I saw the soft ground horses coming out this morning and the good to firm in the description made me nervous. But I walked the track and it's beautiful good ground I think. 'When the Gosden horse loomed up I thought we were cooked, but he's tough and stays well.' Walker was keen to stress the important role ground conditions play for the son of Lope de Vega, with the prospect of quick going making a Royal Ascot tilt at the Prince of Wales's Stakes unlikely. The Lambourn handler is now toying where to head throughout the summer months with his high-class performer, who holds an entry for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. He added: 'I always thought the Champion Stakes rather than the Arc would be the ideal target, but I stuck him in the Arc because Ryan Moore mentioned last year about a mile and a half and now Oisin (Murphy) has said the same, but he's versatile. 'I think ground is absolutely key and I think it is hard to know exactly what to do with him in the summer, but good ground is as quick as it wants to be. 'The ground would be a worry at Royal Ascot, but he won't need to do a huge amount between now and then so we will keep an eye on it.' Meanwhile Thady Gosden was pleased with the performance of the runner-up, who unlike the winner is likely to head to the Royal meeting. He said: 'It was a very pleasing run and it was his first outing for 263 days and he was giving 3lb as well to the winner. 'He was a little fresh early on, but then settled well and quickened up nicely in the straight. He's been beaten by a very nice horse so that was very pleasing first time back. 'Hopefully he comes out of this well and we can look forward to the Royal meeting. He has an entry in the Prince of Wales's Stakes and there is also the other mile-and-a-quarter races, so we'll see how he comes out of it and how the races are looking and go from there.'
Leader Live
2 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Almaqam makes most of Brigadier Gerard opportunity
The Ed Walker-trained colt has mixed it in smart company since winning the Heron Stakes on this card 12 months – crossing swords with the likes of Economics – and when last seen he was a touch unlucky when third over this course and distance in the Gordon Richards Stakes. Ryan Moore and the previously unbeaten Ombudsman threw down their challenge inside the final-quarter mile, but Almaqam (7-4) never really looked like folding and kept on strongly to triumph by a length and three-quarters from the 5-4 favourite. 'It was a big day for him and my team and myself and we all believe a lot in this horse,' said Walker after once again seeing his star performer thrive in Esher. 'I have not held back how much I think of him and you could tee yourself up for a big fall. We skipped a couple of Group Ones last weekend to come here and get the job done and back winning and thank god he did. 'He has got a great attitude and funnily enough last year we had him in a lip chain for the prelims and this year we have took it off and he's just asleep and so laid back. 'I think that's what got him beat here last time as he was so relaxed and thought he was on his winter holidays and just flopped out the gates and flopped round and didn't really help Tom Marquand out. 'He's definitely sharpened up for that run at home. I was really worried when I saw the soft ground horses coming out this morning and the good to firm in the description made me nervous. But I walked the track and it's beautiful good ground I think. 'When the Gosden horse loomed up I thought we were cooked, but he's tough and stays well.' Walker was keen to stress the important role ground conditions play for the son of Lope de Vega, with the prospect of quick going making a Royal Ascot tilt at the Prince of Wales's Stakes unlikely. The Lambourn handler is now toying where to head throughout the summer months with his high-class performer, who holds an entry for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. He added: 'I always thought the Champion Stakes rather than the Arc would be the ideal target, but I stuck him in the Arc because Ryan Moore mentioned last year about a mile and a half and now Oisin (Murphy) has said the same, but he's versatile. 'I think ground is absolutely key and I think it is hard to know exactly what to do with him in the summer, but good ground is as quick as it wants to be. 'The ground would be a worry at Royal Ascot, but he won't need to do a huge amount between now and then so we will keep an eye on it.' Meanwhile Thady Gosden was pleased with the performance of the runner-up, who unlike the winner is likely to head to the Royal meeting. He said: 'It was a very pleasing run and it was his first outing for 263 days and he was giving 3lb as well to the winner. 'He was a little fresh early on, but then settled well and quickened up nicely in the straight. He's been beaten by a very nice horse so that was very pleasing first time back. 'Hopefully he comes out of this well and we can look forward to the Royal meeting. He has an entry in the Prince of Wales's Stakes and there is also the other mile-and-a-quarter races, so we'll see how he comes out of it and how the races are looking and go from there.'
