Intello’s Slalom Three-For-Three After Noailles Test

[Wandering Eyes]

Andre Fabre has a strong hand with his 3-year-olds this term and the outcome of Sunday’s G3 Prix Noailles at ParisLongchamp further underlined that as the Wertheimers’ Slalom (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) kept his unbeaten record intact ahead of stablemate Syrtis (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Held up in last early with Maxime Guyon intent on following Syrtis, the homebred who had previously won over a mile on soft ground at Clairefontaine in August and over nine furlongs on Chantilly’s Polytrack in November was following the right horse as it turned out with the pace set by Lone Peak (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) proving strong. Sweeping aside the Godolphin representative with just over 100 metres remaining, the 3-1 second favourite was hand ridden to record an impressive 2 1/2-length success with Syrtis in turn a length ahead of Surrey Thunder (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). The owner-breeders’ racing manager Pierre-Yves Bureau said, “He had won nicely last year, but had to prove up to that class and he did. He showed a very good turn of foot in a truly-run race and although he has the pedigree to be a miler he is also a full-brother to Folamour who stays a mile and a half well. He obviously seems to stay, but also Intello was third in an Arc. We are blessed with some nice 3-year-olds this year, so we’ll wait and see what the others like Shaman and Starmaniac do and see what do with them. We’ll have a better picture of what we have in hand in time.”

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX NOAILLES-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 4-14, 3yo, 10 1/2fT, 2:10.88, gd.
1–SLALOM (FR), 128, c, 3, by Intello (Ger)
1st Dam: Zagzig (GB), by Selkirk
2nd Dam: Danzigaway, by Danehill
3rd Dam: Blushing Away, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €75,500. *Full to Folamour (GB), SW & GSP-Fr, $116,139; and 1/2 to Empreinte (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), GSP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Syrtis (GB), 128, c, 3, Frankel (GB)–Sabratah (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). (€350,000 Ylg ’17 ARAUG). O-Godolphin SNC; B-GB Partnership (GB); T-Andre Fabre. €16,000.
3–Surrey Thunder (Fr), 128, c, 3, Le Havre (Ire)–Zakania (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire). (€25,000 Ylg ’17 AROCT; €67,000 2yo ’18 ARQMAY). O-Surrey Racing Ltd; B-Patrick Chedeville & Cocheese Bloodstock Anstalt (FR); T-Joseph Tuite. €12,000.
Margins: 2HF, 1, 1. Odds: 3.10, 2.50, 3.70.
Also Ran: Joe Francais (Fr), Soft Light (Fr), Life’s a Breeze (Ire), Thyme White (Fr), Lone Peak (Fr). Scratched: Corando (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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