Shamardal’s Shaman takes advantage as Sottsass fails to fire

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   In another unexpected reversal on ParisLongchamp’s season-opener, White Birch Farm’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was only fourth in the G2 Prix d’Harcourt as the Wertheimers’ Shaman (Ire) (Shamardal) made all for an upset. Runner-up in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois over a mile at Deauville last term, the 13-2 shot had previously shown encouraging form over further than a mile when winning the nine-furlong G3 Prix la Force here at this track in April but had stamina to prove upped to this 10-furlong distance for the first time. Maxime Guyon was able to dictate steady fractions on the homebred and after turning back Simona (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) in the straight earned the success by 3/4 of a length from the stalwart Way To Paris (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), with Simona a short neck back in third. Sottsass, who looked laboured on the ground, was a further length away.

Monday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX D’HARCOURT-G2, €90,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-11, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:06.68, vsf.
1–SHAMAN (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Only Green (Ire) (MSW & GSP-Fr, $165,007), by Green Desert
2nd Dam: Only Seule, by Lyphard
3rd Dam: Elle Seule, by Exclusive Native
O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias; J-Maxime Guyon. €51,300. Lifetime Record: MG1SP-Fr, 12-5-3-2, €592,701. *1/2 to Green Sweet (Smart Strike), SW-Aus & Fr, $239,142. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Way To Paris (GB), 126, h, 7, Champs Elysees (GB)–Grey Way, by Cozzene. (50,000gns Ylg ’14 TATOCT). O-Paolo Ferrario; B-Grundy Bloodstock SRL (GB); T-Andrea Marcialis. €19,800.
3–Simona (Fr), 122, f, 4, Siyouni (Fr)–Monava (Fr), by El Prado (Ire). O-Carolyn & Nigel Elwes; B-Nigel Elwes (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €9,450.
Margins: 3/4, SNK, 1. Odds: 6.40, 27.00, 7.70.
Also Ran: Sottsass (Fr), Villa Rosa (Fr), Royal Julius (Ire), Folamour (GB), Soudania (GB), Syrtis (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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