Longchamp Fillies Spectacular

This weekend at Longchamp, Paris, the featured race is a Grade One race for three-year-old fillies, the St Larry, which is to be run over a mile and a quarter on the turf course. The purse is a cool $500,000 and the going is forecast as firm.

RUN INTO BARB(IRE) V McMahon ( 57 – 5 – 4 – 4 – 9% ) joydevil
3 Year Old Filly (HURRICANE RUN (IRE) x KINGMAMBO x EFISIO(GB))
Bred by joydevil 16/1

This nice filly made an excellent start to her career, winning her debut over six furlongs as a two-year-old. She then totted up two second places before winning again in an Allowance race for non-winners of three to conclude her first season. She returned to the racecourse with a win in a Stakes race over seven and a half furlongs in January this year, taking the step up in class in her stride. Since then she has run only in Stakes races, finishing fourth over a mile and half a furlong and then third over the reduced trip of seven furlongs. This is a big step up in class here, as she has not run in Graded company before. One to watch, but it is likely this is beyond her calibre.

MADLY DEEPLY(JPN) W Mercy ( 57 – 10 – 5 – 4 – 18% ) godolfin
3 Year Old Filly (DEEP IMPACT x DANSILI (GB) x MONTJEU (IRE))
Bred by godolfin 7/1

The winner of five of her ten races to date, she ran six times as a two-year-old, culminating in a win over five and a half furlongs in a Stakes race, although she had previously run over distances up to seven and a half furlongs, the trip over which she made her winning debut. Last time out she recorded her best speed to date of 101, winning over nine furlongs. Her pedigree suggests that the extra furlong here should not prove a problem.

MALEZA(AUS) I C Posse ( 50 – 5 – 8 – 7 – 10% ) patluc2
3 Year Old Filly (REDOUTE’S CHOICE (AUS) x MEDICEAN (GB) x FANTASTIC LIGHT)
Bred by patluc2 12/1

Another winner of five from ten races, she won at the second attempt, a Maiden Special Weight for fillies over six furlongs. Her next win was in an Allowance race for non-winners of two over a mile, and then she followed up with a win in an open Allowance for fillies over the same distance. She ended her first season by finishing third in her first Stakes race, over a mile and half a furlong. In January she began her three-year-old season with a win in an open Allowance race over nine and a half furlongs. After that, she returned to Stakes company, where she finished sixth in a race over none furlongs, then sixth again when tried in Grade Two company over a mile and a half. Last time out, she won a Stakes race over today’s distance, recording a speed figure of 95, her best to date.

RELIGIOUS REVIVAL(IRE) B Thedog ( 70 – 8 – 7 – 10 – 11% ) megabps
3 Year Old Filly (DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) x GALILEO (IRE) x IRISH RIVER(FR)) Bred by megabps 15/1

The winner of three of her eight races to date, she first got her head in front at the third tine of asking, when switched to dirt for a Maiden Special Weight race over a mile. She had two more races on the dirt as a two-year-old, Allowance races in which she finished second in both. She then returned to the track as a three-year-old to win an Allowance race over nine furlongs. Next time out, she was tried in Stakes company over the same distance and surface, except that the going was good, when she finished third. Last time out, she recorded her best speed figure to date of 93 to win an Allowance race over nine and half furlongs. This is a big step up in class here and she will do well to finish in the frame.

ARC A COMIN'(GER) B Wu ( 324 – 71 – 69 – 57 – 22% ) broohar3
3 Year Old Filly (MONSUN(GER) x DANEHILL x KINGMAMBO)
Bred by perky3 6/1

Disappointed last time out when finishing only tenth of fourteen in the 1000 Guineas, recording a speed figure of 88. However, she was not disgraced, having taken a step up in class from Grade Three company over the same distance, having won there with a speed figure of 102, which was her best up until then. She has won five of her thirteen races to date, earning sixth place in the Turf Classic rankings, the best of any in this field.

QUALITY BUZZ(KY) S Graf ( 155 – 8 – 17 – 16 – 5% ) jetair
3 Year Old Filly (ELUSIVE QUALITY x EL PRADO(IRE) x GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (IRE))
Bred by gr8bigsea 9/1

The winner of four of her nine races to date, she ran easily her best race to date last time out, recording a speed figure of 101 to finish third in a Stakes race, beaten two and a quarter lengths, over a mile and a furlong. Previously, she finished third, beaten five and three-quarter lengths, in a Stakes race over a mille. Before that, she had won back-to-back races, her last as a two-year-old and her first as a three-year-old. These were both Stakes races over a mile.

NEW YORK ESCAPE(AUS) J Ledwith ( 309 – 75 – 55 – 44 – 24% ) wistful2
3 Year Old Filly (HUSSONET x A.P. INDY x RIVERMAN)
Bred by wistful 25/1

Last time out, she recorded easily her best speed figure to date, a speed of 104 over nine furlongs in a Grade Three race on yielding turf. Before that, she had finished only eighth, beaten a total of seventeen and a half lengths, on the dirt. Over a distance over ten furlongs the dirt.

NAVIGATING(JPN) J Ventura ( 218 – 29 – 28 – 32 – 13% ) tulloch1
3 Year Old Filly (FANTASTIC LIGHT x DUBAI MILLENNIUM (GB) x NUREYEV)
Bred by Tulloch 16/1

She ha won her last two races, the last of which was the German1000 Guineas, a Grade Two race over a mile on the turf. Before that, she had been running on the dirt for her last six races, winning three of them including her most recent over a mile, in which she put up her best speed figure of 99. On her form to date she has a bit to find to finish in the money here,

KINGOFTHEMALL(KY) C Cleland ( 75 – 8 – 10 – 8 – 11% ) ratem
3 year Old Filly (GHOSTZAPPER x KINGMAMBO x SADR’S WELLS)
Bred by ratem 11/1

She has won four out of her ten races, her four fins coming from her last six races She won her first race at the fifth time of asking it being her first try on the dirt. After a close place, she was switched back to turf, where she won again with her best speed figure of 97. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the Grade Two New Zealand Oaks on the turf over a mile and a half, she was switched back to dirt, where she put up her best speed figure to date of 99 to win over nine and a half furlongs in race over nine and a half furlongs. Last time out she followed up in a Stakes race over the same distance, recording a speed figure of only 89.

LOCAL AMADEUS(FR) P LeGnome ( 43 – 2 – 3 – 3 – 5% ) primus3
3 Year Old Filly (FALCO x NIGHT SHIFT x KRIS S.)
Bred by primus 38/1

She has run her three last races over a distance of nine furlongs, winning the last but one, in which she put up a speed figure of 93 Last time out, she recorded best speed figure to date of 99, finishing third, beaten five and a quarter lengths.

MERCATO(ENG) P Nine ( 53 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 11% )
3 Year Old Filly (DUBAWI (IRE) x DANZIG x SECRETARIAT)
Bred by temp1 8/1

The winner of three of her nine races to date, she put up a speed figure of 101 last time out over a distance of ten furlongs, winning a Stakes race.
Her previous wins were a race over nine and a half furlongs and five and a half furlongs, which was her debut.

IRON GALEANTHROPY(KY) B Lugosi ( 124 – 14 – 14 – 15 – 11% ) sgb
3 Year Old Filly (CURLIN x STORM CAT x NUREYEV)
Bred by sg 9/1

She has won her latest five races, the latest being a Stakes race over a mile and a furlong. Her best speed figure to date was gained in her last but one race, when she put up a speed of 99 when winning an Allowance race over a mile and a quarter. She will have to return to that form and better to have a chance here.