Nathaniel’s Channel Wins the Diane

[Wandering Eyes]

   They went slow and finished in a bunch at the end of Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly, but Samuel de Barros’s Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) was in the right place throughout to pull off a minor upset at 9-1. Always handily placed by Pierre-Charles Boudot tracking the leading pair Platane (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), the May 17 course-and-distance conditions winner was sent to the front with two furlongs remaining and gamely saw off the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches runner-up Commes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) to prevail by a head, with Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) the best closer a half length away in third. ‘TDN Rising Star’ and 6-4 favourite Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) held every chance but could only finish sixth with possibly stamina the main issue.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX DE DIANE LONGINES-G1, €1,000,000, Chantilly, 6-16, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:08.70, g/s.
1–CHANNEL (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Nathaniel (Ire)
1st Dam: Love Magic (GB), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Magical Romance (Ire), by Barathea (Ire)
3rd Dam: Shouk (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€18,000 Ylg ’17 GOFORB; €70,000 2yo ’18 ARQMAY). O-Samuel de Barros; B-Kilcarn Stud (IRE); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €571,400. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, €600,900. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Commes (Fr), 126, f, 3, Le Havre (Ire)–Leaupartie (Ire), by Stormy River (Fr). O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Franklin Finance SA (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €228,600.
3–Grand Glory (GB), 126, f, 3, Olympic Glory (Ire)–Madonna Lily (Ire), by Daylami (Ire). (€18,000 Ylg ’17 AROCT). O-Albert Frassetto, John d’Amato & Mike Pietrangelo; B-Elevage Haras de Bourgeauville (GB); T-Gianluca Bietolini. €114,300.
Margins: HD, HF, NK. Odds: 9.00, 5.30, 28.00.
Also Ran: Etoile (Fr), Cala Tarida (GB), Siyarafina (Fr), Wonderment (Ire), Platane (GB), Ebony (Fr), Entitle (GB), Noor Sahara (Ire), Paramount (Fr), Cartiem (Fr), Nausha (GB), Amarena (Fr), Morning Dew (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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