Super-Smooth Aventure Gets Her Group 1 In The Vermeille

[Wandering Eyes]

Second in last year's Qatar Prix Vermeille and in the Arc, the Wertheimers' Aventure (Sea The Stars) put matters right in the first of the latest runnings of those heats to earn a merited initial Group 1 victory. Given the manner of the homebred's impressive performance under a confident Maxime Guyon, the prospect of going one better in next month's showcase is distinctively brighter after Sunday.

“She won very well and accelerated really well,” trainer Christophe Ferland said of the four-year-old, who dismissed the Prix de Diane heroine Gezora (Almanzor) with more ease than the 1 1/2-length margin suggests as the 1-2 favourite Whirl (Wootton Bassett) faded to be last. “My mission was to win a Group 1 with her and it's done, but she will be better in four weeks' time. She's better in the autumn, it's good ground today and if it's heavy then she will go on that as well. She's a perfect filly to train with such a nice attitude. It's going to be a long four weeks!”

 

AVENTURE BLOWS HER RIVALS AWAY IN THE GROUP ONE PRIX VERMEILLE! pic.twitter.com/cEmEnN2hgr

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 7, 2025

 

 

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
QATAR PRIX VERMEILLE-G1, €600,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 12fT, 2:29.34, g/s.
1–AVENTURE (IRE), 130, f, 4, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Balladeuse (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $168,432),  by Singspiel (Ire)
2nd Dam: Featherquest (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Featherhill (Fr), by Lyphard
TDN Rising Star. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Christophe Ferland; J-Maxime Guyon. €342,840. Lifetime Record: 12-6-5-0, €2,051,740. *1/2 to Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), G1SW-Fr, $695,171; Romanciere (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), G1SP-Fr, $135,553; and Bilissie (GB) (Dansili {GB}), SW-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Gezora (Fr), 122, f, 3, Almanzor (Fr)–Germance, by Silver Hawk. O-White Birch Farm; B-Haras d'Etreham; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €137,160.
3–Bedtime Story (Ire), 122, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Mecca's Angel (Ire), by Dark Angel (Ire). TDN Rising Star. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Coolmore; T-Aidan O'Brien. €68,580.
Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, NO. Odds: 2.90, 6.40, 16.00.
Also Ran: Survie (Ire), Ginalyah (Ire), Whirl (Ire).

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