Black-Type Analysis: ‘TDN Rising Star’ Tito Mo Cen Returns at Vichy

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Wednesday, Vichy, France, post time: 21:15, GRAND PRIX DE VICHY-G3, €73,200, 3yo/up, 10fT

Field: Woodchuck (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}), Mont De Soleil (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Casapueblo (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}), Cambronne (Fr) (Alex The Winner), Good Gift (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), Rose Jaipur (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}), Tito Mo Cen (Ire) (Uncle Mo).

TDN Verdict: Yeguada Centurion's TDN Rising Star Tito Mo Cen, successful in March's Listed Prix Maurice Caillault, makes his first start in 13 weeks and is the lone sophomore on show attempting to regain the winning thread after suffering a first reversal in April's G3 Prix Noailles last time. Andre Fabre seeks a record-equalling fourth edition and nominates Casapueblo, who has hit the board in four of his seven prior stakes outings. He was not disgraced when fifth in a piping-hot renewal of last month's G3 La Coupe, but is winless for the best part of two years. Woodchuck has been the model of consistency when venturing to Italy, earning prize-money in all seven starts there, and ran seventh in March's G3 Prix Edmond Blanc when last appearing in this jurisdiction. Mont De Soleil failed to beat a single rival in his last two starts, but is better than the bare form implies, while Rose Jaipur is the lone distaffer in the field and merits respect coming back off a win in May's Listed Prix Urban Sea. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Vichy, France, post time: 19:41, HARAS DE BEAUMONT – PRIX DES JOUVENCEAUX & JOUVENCELLES – BERNARD FERRAND-Listed, €54,900, 2yo, 7fT

Field: Siciliano (Fr) (Time Test {GB}), Mefie Toi (Fr) (De Treville {GB}), Canalejas (Fr) (Armor {GB}), Falou Chope (Fr) (Gutaifan {Ire}), Clea Chope (Fr) (Muhaarar {GB}), Here I Bow (Fr) (Bow Creek {Ire}), Free Movement (GB) (Time Test {GB}), Donnalucata (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}), Polly Shelby (Fr) (Space Blues {Ire}), Ceramic (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: Christopher Head registered a maiden triumph last year, with subsequent G3 Preis der Winterkonigin runner-up La Guapisima making the breakthrough, and relies on another filly this time around. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's hitherto undefeated Ceramic is the chosen one and she was value for much more, and then some, than the official winning margin of 1 1/2 lengths over this trip on debut at Compiegne last month. It would be unwise to discount Francis Graffard trainee Polly Shelby, who had the measure of Free Movement at Cholet before running third in a hot contest upped to seven furlongs at Saint-Cloud last month. Mefie Toi is on a roll, having won both latest starts going 55 yards shy of this distance at Lyon Parilly, and outwitted debutante Falou Chope in the second of those last month. The latter drops on the wrong side of a nine-pound swing here. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Killarney, Ireland, post time: 18:50, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF CAIRN ROUGE STAKES-Listed, €30,000, 3yo, 8f 40y

Field: And So To Bed (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Bella Isabella (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Fiery Lucy (GB) (Without Parole {GB}), Mojave River (Fr) (Mohaather {GB}), Nancy J (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Orchidaceae (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Red Letter (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Rion Rubette (GB) (New Bay {GB}), Shiota (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), Sweet Chariot (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Tamam Desert (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Wannabe Royal (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

TDN Verdict: TDN Rising Star and G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes fourth Red Letter gets a fourth opportunity of making her black-type breakthrough, and securing a second renewal for Ger Lyons, in this distaffers' test and will head postward coming back off a second in last month's Listed Kooyonga Stakes at Navan. The Gavin Cromwell-trained GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf fourth Fiery Lucy has finished second in three prior Group 3 starts and rates an obvious danger. Aidan O'Brien seeks a record-extending fourth edition and sends forth TDN Rising Star Ecstatic with Wayne Lordan, bidding for a record-breaking fourth of his own, in the plate. The January-foaled bay was last seen running eighth in Royal Ascot's G2 Ribblesdale and is accompanied by stablemate Sweet Chariot. [Sean Cronin].

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