Fabre Extends Force Record With Lope De Vega’s Cualificar

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Let go at 8-1 for Sunday's G3 Prix la Force at ParisLongchamp despite his trainer Andre Fabre holding the record of eight successes in the Prix du Jockey Club trial, Godolphin's Cualificar (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) emerged front and centre to extend that tally. Off the mark over 10 furlongs at Saint-Cloud last month, the son of the 2015 Oaks heroine Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) followed the early pace and had first run on The Aga Khan's Studs' 6-4 favourite Azimpour (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) to score by a neck. Juddmonte's New Ground (GB) (New Bay {GB}) was 3/4 of a length way in third.

Cualificar (@pouchinalexis / @godolphin) repousse les attaques de ses adversaires dans le Prix La Force (Gr.3) à @paris_longchamp

Le poulain d'André Fabre est engagé dans le Qatar Prix du Jockey Club, le 1er juin à Chantilly. pic.twitter.com/ryldDdbLpp

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Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX LA FORCE-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 4-6, 3yo, c/g, 9fT, 1:50.02, gd.
1–CUALIFICAR (GB), 128, c, 3, by Lope De Vega (Ire)
1st Dam: Qualify (Ire) (G1SW-Eng & GSW-Ire, $485,356), by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
2nd Dam: Perihelion (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
3rd Dam: Medicosma, by The Minstrel
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Alexis Pouchin. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, €63,500. *1/2 to Swing Vote (GB) (Shamardal), GSW-UAE, $198,861. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Azimpour (Ire), 128, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Azmiyna (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Suc. H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €16,000.
3–New Ground (GB), 128, c, 3, New Bay (GB)–Gaining (GB), by American Post. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (GB); T-Henri-Francois Devin. €12,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 8.10, 1.50, 6.70.
Also Ran: Dreamliner (Fr), Nizam (Fr), Reach The Sky (Fr), Waka Waka (Fr).

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