Garswood’s Cala Tarida Delivers Reservoirs Shock

[Wandering Eyes]

   Third in last month’s one-mile Listed Criterium de Lyon at Lyon-Parilly, Marie-Joelle Goetschy and Thierry de la Heronniere’s homebred Cala Tarida (GB) (Garswood {GB}) stepped forward to cause a stir in Wednesday’s G3 Prix des Reservoirs at Deauville. Her trajectory was upward after a May 31 debut second at Lyon-Parilly–securing wins tackling 5 1/2 panels at Salon-de-Provence June 18 and over one mile at Marseille-Borely July 12–and she returned off a sabbatical to hit the board in her aforementioned black-type debut back at Lyon last time Sept. 29. The bay was sharpest into stride and restrained to occupy a berth in rear after the initial exchanges. Last into the straight and in situ with 300 metres remaining, the 19-1 outsider-of-seven quickened in stunning fashion to challenge six-wide entering the final eighth and was ridden out to assert by a half-length from the hitherto unbeaten Montviette (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) for a career high. “I’ve said all along that she is a very nice filly and after she won at Salon-de-Provence and Marseille-Borely I gave her a break with this race in mind,” explained winning trainer Frederic Rossi. “Her run at Lyon-Parilly was a prep race for today, she wasn’t at her peak for that and has improved significantly since then. She does everything easily, but her main quality is a terrific turn of foot. Hopefully she’ll improve further over the winter and we will aim her at all the top races next year.”
   Cala Tarida is the latest of three scorers from as many foals produced by an unraced half-sister to this term’s Listed Grand Prix de Lyon victress Tilly’s Chilli (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}) and she is a half-sister to Listed Prix Herod victor Red Onion (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}) and Listed Prix La Fleche third Siderante (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). Her dam Capsicum (GB) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) shares the unraced Valley of Hope (Riverman) as a second dam with G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis-winning sire Neatico (Ger) (Medicean {GB}). Valley of Hope, who produced G1 Irish Oaks third Sister Bella (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), is a half-sister to G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois hero Vin de France (Foolish Pleasure) and G2 Mill Reef S.-winning sire Vacarme (Lyphard).

Wednesday, Deauville, France
PRIX DES RESERVOIRS-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 10-24, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:40.38, gd.
1–CALA TARIDA (GB), 122, f, 2, by Garswood (GB)
1st Dam: Capsicum (GB), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)
2nd Dam: Scotch Bonnet (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire)
3rd Dam: Valley of Hope, by Riverman
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Mme Marie-Joelle Goetschy & Thierry de la Heronniere (GB); T-Frederic Rossi; J-Gregory Benoist. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1, €73,600. *1/2 to Red Onion (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}), SW-Fr, $121,082; and Siderante (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Montviette (Fr), 122, f, 2, Le Havre (Ire)–Lady Meydan (Fr), by American Post (GB). O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin Finance SA (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €16,000.
3–Nova Sol (Ger), 122, f, 2, Soldier Hollow (GB)–Neckara (Ger), by Shirocco (Ger). O-Ecurie Pandora Racing, Ahmed Mouknass & Gerard Decocq; B-Bernd Dietel (GER); T-Mauricio Delcher Sanchez. €12,000.
Margins: HF, HF, NK. Odds: 18.60, 2.90, 10.00.
Also Ran: Sand Share (GB), Kanuka (Fr), Off The Coast (Ire), Aimara (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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