Invincible Spirit Filly Blitzes Sigy Rivals

[Wandering Eyes]

   Big Brothers Pride (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) was an easy two-length winner in her Oct. 16 unveiling tackling six furlongs at Chantilly, but slipped to eighth when upped in trip on seasonal return for the Mar. 14 Listed Prix Montenica atop the synthetic surface at the same venue last time. Making her third straight start there for Saturday’s G3 Prix Sigy, she relished the drop down to 5 1/2 furlongs and blitzed her opponents with a pillar-to-post triumph. Breaking sharply to lead from flagfall, the 21-2 chance was safely clear under minimal urging entering the final eighth and kept on strongly in the closing stages to secure a career high by four lengths from Happy Odyssey (Ire) (Camacho {GB}). “She won very well first time out, but the trip was a bit too much for her in the Montenica last time,” explained connections’ representative Ghislain Bozo. “We were considering a possible attempt at the [G1 Poule d’Essai des] Pouliches before her last run, but that is not in our thoughts now. We brought her back in trip for this race, it proved to be the correct move and speed is obviously her game. [Trainer] Francois [Rohaut] is not available today so we’ll have to see how she comes out of the race before making any decisions. Royal Ascot’s [G1] Commonwealth Cup could be a target.”
   Big Brothers Pride is one of five winners and fourth black-type performer for Listed Prix d’Angerville victress and GIII Monrovia H. runner-up Polygreen (Fr) (Green Tune). The bay is kin to last term’s G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest heroine Polydream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), MGSP Listed Prix Amandine and Listed Prix Isola Bella victress Evaporation (Fr) (Red Ransom) and Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux third Ankle (Fr) (Shamardal). Her dual stakes-winning second dam Yxenery (Ire) (Sillery) is out of a MSW half-sister to G1 Grand Criterium runner-up and MGSW sire Truculent (Val de l’Orne {Fr}).

Saturday, Chantilly, France
PRIX SIGY-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 4-13, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.51, sf.
1–BIG BROTHERS PRIDE (FR), 122, f, 3, by Invincible Spirit (Ire)
1st Dam: Polygreen (Fr) (SW-Fr & GSP-US, $173,671), by Green Tune
2nd Dam: Yxenery (Ire), by Sillery
3rd Dam: Polyxena, by Lyphard
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€400,000 Ylg ’17 ARAUG). O-Kin Hung Kei & Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Ecurie des Monceaux, Framont Ltd & Beauregard Bloodstock (FR); T-Francois Rohaut; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, €53,500. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Happy Odyssey (Ire), 122, f, 3, Camacho (GB)–Casual Remark (Ire), by Trans Island (GB). (€5,000 RNA Wlg ’16 TATFBR; €6,000 RNA Ylg ’17 GOFFEB; €13,500 Ylg ’17 GOYRL; £14,000 2yo ’18 GOFBRE; €300,000 2yo ’18 ARQAEC). O-Yuesheng Zhang; B-Ciara Doyle (IRE); T-Nicolas Clement. €16,000.
3–Kenbaio (Fr), 126, c, 3, Kendargent (Fr)–Baia Chope (Fr), by Deportivo (GB). O-Guy Pariente; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Pascal Bary. €12,000.
Margins: 4, 1 1/4, SHD. Odds: 10.50, 5.70, 24.00.
Also Ran: True Mason (GB), Ilanga (Fr), Barbill (Ire), Vintage Brut (GB), Bravo Sierra (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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