Siyouni’s Laurens Wins the Fights In Epic Diane

[Wandering Eyes]

There are horses that are just solid group 1 material through and through and John Dance’s Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) proved the epitome of that yet again on Sunday when producing her usual level best to garner glory in an exciting renewal of Chantilly’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines. Always prominent under P J McDonald, the 15-2 shot took up the baton two furlongs from home and those “come and get me” tactics which had served her so well in her previous top-flight wins in the G1 Fillies Mile and G1 Prix Saint-Alary paid handsome dividends on one of the biggest stages of European racing. A blanket of rivals tried their hardest to match her relentless mighty stride and failed and it was only the notoriously slow-burning Musis Amica (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) who could have managed it had her run not taken so long to come. At the line, Karl Burke’s jewel of the North England base of Middleham had a neck to spare over that Godolphin filly, who nosed out Homerique (Exchange Rate) and there was no more than a half length separating the first five home.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX DE DIANE LONGINES-G1, €1,000,000, Chantilly, 6-17, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:06.11, g/s.
1–LAURENS (FR), 126, f, 3, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Recambe (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire)
2nd Dam: Razana (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire)
3rd Dam: Raysiya (Ire), by Cure the Blues
(£220,000 Ylg ’16 GOUKPR). O-John Dance; B-Bloodstock Agency Ltd (FR); T-Karl Burke; J-PJ McDonald. €571,400. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 7-5-2-0, €1,288,573. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Musis Amica (Ire), 126, f, 3, Dawn Approach (Ire)–White Star (Ire), by Darshaan (GB). O-Godolphin SNC; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €228,600.
3–Homerique, 126, f, 3, Exchange Rate–Chiquita Picosa, by Congaree. ($34,000 RNA Wlg ’15 KEENOV; 22,000gns RNA Ylg ’16 TATOCT; €75,000 2yo ’17 ARQMAY). O-Ecurie de Montlahuc; B-Nicolas & Francois Drion (KY); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €114,300.
Margins: NK, NO, HD. Odds: 7.60, 8.50, 12.00.
Also Ran: Happily (Ire), With You (GB), Lady Athena (Fr), Shahnaza (Fr), Soustraction (Ire), Barkaa (Fr), Castellar (Fr), Amazing Lips (Ire), Luminate (Ire), Assonance (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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