Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted 5 hours ago Journalists Posted 5 hours ago Anyone who doubted what a class act Calandagan (Gleneagles) is following some excusable defeats got an emphatic reply on Sunday in the feature G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Relishing the genuine pace and lively surface, the Aga Khan Studs representative brushed aside last year's Arc runner-up Aventure (Sea The Stars) in scintillating style to record a deserved first top-level win. “He's such a consistent horse who always runs his race and we were a bit upset when people started talking about cheekpieces and blinkers after his last run,” racing manager Nemone Routh said of the winner, who was narrowly denied in the G1 Coronation Cup earlier this month. “He might have needed that race, as he hadn't run for a few months and he's better on this good ground. This was a proper field and he really, really deserved this win. We thought if he ran well today the King George is the plan if we have good firm ground. This is a confidence booster–he's run so many good races in defeat in different countries on different ground and it was nice to give him a race at home.” Calandagan, who started as the 1-2 favourite, was able to draft perfectly here under Mickael Barzalona as Aventure's pace-setter Junko (Intello) asked the big question. Seizing the initiative from the Wertheimers' star filly with 300 metres remaining, the kingpin of the Francis-Henri Graffard stable piled it on for a 3 1/2-length success. Aventure was 2 1/2 lengths in front of Junko, with the disappointment of the race being the winner's stablemate Goliath (Adlerflug) who faded tamely to be last. CALANDAGAN WINS THE GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-CLOUD! pic.twitter.com/3lkNSVN8xr — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 29, 2025 The post ‘He Really Deserved This’: Routh Hails King George Bound Calandagan As He Crushes Saint-Cloud Rivals appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote
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