Speightstown’s Wusool Impresses In Moussac Success

[Wandering Eyes]

Since their acquisition of the now-deceased Torrestrella (Ire) (Orpen), the 2004 G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches heroine had promised to provide Shadwell with a genuine gemstone and the time could be now as her final offering Wusool (Speightstown) dominated Sunday’s G3 Prix Paul de Moussac Longines at Chantilly. Beaten only once in his career so far by the exciting Fabre trainee Mer et Nuages (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), the 3-1 second favourite travelled easily behind the aggressively-ridden Glendevon (Scat Daddy) and after taking over 300 metres from the line readily asserted for a comfortable 3 1/2-length success over the G3 Prix Djebel runner-up Magic Bibou (Fr) (Panis), with the 11-10 favourite Wind Chimes (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) only making laboured progress into third, a half length away.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX PAUL DE MOUSSAC LONGINES-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 6-17, 3yo, 8fT, 1:35.35, g/s.
1–WUSOOL, 123, c, 3, by Speightstown
1st Dam: Torrestrella (Ire) (G1SW-Fr, $293,919), by Orpen
2nd Dam: Sea Ring (Fr), by Bering (GB)
3rd Dam: Blue River (Fr), by Riverman
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC (KY); T-Francois Rohaut; J-Francois-Xavier Bertras. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, €89,150. *Full to Farmah, Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 5-7, GSW-Ity & SW-Fr, $158,256; and 1/2 to Intilaaq (Dynaformer), GSW-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Magic Bibou (Fr), 123, c, 3, Panis–Hidden Magic (Fr), by Bering (GB). O-Gemini Stud, Mlle Sandra de Montzey & Bruno de Montzey; B-Sebastien Joucla, Stephane Joucla, Romuald Joucla & Eric Dupont (FR); T-Bruno de Montzey. €16,000.
3–Wind Chimes (GB), 121, f, 3, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Militante (Ire), by Johannesburg. (€130,000 Ylg ’16 ARAUG). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Ecurie des Monceaux (GB); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000.
Margins: 3HF, HF, NO. Odds: 3.20, 7.10, 1.10.
Also Ran: Glendevon, Infernal Majesty (Fr), Merisi, Deemster (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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