Better Together Takes The Imprudence For Juddmonte And Fabre

[Wandering Eyes]

One of a minority lining up for Tuesday's G3 Prix Imprudence with no stamina doubts, Juddmonte's Better Together (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) duly stayed on best to stake her Classic claim. Sent off the 11-2 second favourite, the well-connected Listed Prix Zeddaan winner raced under cover under Alexis Pouchin in mid-pack early. Sent after the 9-10 market-leader Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}) by Alexis Pouchin approaching the final furlong, she overhauled that peer in the last 50 metres to record a length success from another strong finisher in Ghoufrann (Ire) to make it a one-two for Oasis Dream.

“She is a really nice filly who had shown good quality last season in her three starts, has a lovely temperament and hails from a top Juddmonte family,” Juddmonte representative Claude Beniada said. “Mr Fabre was very happy with the way she had trained to the race and he feels she has not yet fully blossomed and will improve. She is in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Mr Fabre will make a decision on her future after discussing it with Barry Mahon.”

Connections of the non-staying Daylight, who eventually faded to be a further head away in third, were in the mood to find out her stamina capacity with the big Classic tests upcoming and they did that, with the useful yardstick Kaadi (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}) setting off in isolation. Daylight had exactly that for most of the last 300 metres and while she showed all her customary honesty the tank was empty as the Oasis Dream pair swallowed her up late. She will almost certainly now revert to sprinting with the first two looking ideal Pouliches contenders in running style at least.

Better Together finishes off strongly to claim Daylight in the Prix Imprudence!

A patient ride by @pouchinalexis to land the prize for Andre Fabre at Deauville! pic.twitter.com/CMza39bthv

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Pedigree Notes

Better Together is the seventh foal out of the useful middle-distance performer Shared Account (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a daughter of the important Juddmonte producer Imbabala (GB) (Zafonic) who is herself proving smart in that sphere. She is now responsible for four stakes performers, with one of them being Oasis Dream's G2 May Hill Stakes-placed Sand Share (GB) and the others being the GIII Athenia Stakes and G3 Prix des Reservoirs scorer Pocket Square (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and the strong-staying Yesyes (GB) (Camelot {GB}) who was third in the G2 Park Hill Stakes over the St Leger trip.

Shared Account is one of five black-type performers out of Imbabala, with the chief one being the G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Zambezi Sun (GB) (Dansili {GB}), so this is a family not short on stamina. Two of her other daughters Zero Gravity (GB), again by Dansili, and Key Figure (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) in turn produced the G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes heroine Kalpana (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}) and G2 Doncaster Cup runner-up Cleonte (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}) respectively.

Under the third dam Interval (Ire) (Habitat), who took the Prix Maurice de Gheest in its former guise as a group 2 and was third in the 1,000 Guineas, is the champion sprinter Continent (GB) (Lake Coniston {Ire}) which underlines the versatility of this dynasty in terms of distance. Shared Account's yearling colt is by Night Of Thunder (Ire).

Tuesday, Deauville, France
PRIX IMPRUDENCE-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 4-8, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:24.25, g/s.
1–BETTER TOGETHER (GB), 126, f, 3, by Oasis Dream (GB)
1st Dam: Shared Account (GB) (MSP-Fr), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Imbabala (GB), by Zafonic
3rd Dam: Interval (Ire), by Habitat
1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte Farms Inc; B-Juddmonte Farms Ireland Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Alexis Pouchin. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, €91,000. *Full to Sand Share (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSP-Eng & SP-Fr; and 1/2 to Pocket Square (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) GSW-Fr & US, $314,005; and Yesyes (GB) (Camelot {GB}), SW & GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Ghoufrann (Ire), 126, f, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)–Cale Lane (GB), by Mastercraftsman (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (33,000gns Ylg '23 TATSOM; £85,000 2yo '24 GOFBRE). O-Mansour Aguel; B-Clearwater Stud (IRE); T-Hedi Ghabri. €16,000.
3–Daylight (Fr), 126, f, 3, Earthlight (Ire)–Latita (Fr), by Silver Frost (Ire). (€85,000 Ylg '23 ARQAUG). O-Gousserie Racing & Mme Sandrine Gavrois; B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran & Pierre van Belle (FR); T-Patrice Cottier. €12,000.
Margins: 1, HD, 3. Odds: 5.50, 38.00, 0.90.
Also Ran: Mimos (Fr), Lhakpa (Ire), Fraise Des Bois (Fr), Relaxx (Fr), Iron Bird (GB), Kaadi (Ire).

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