Galileo’s Waldgeist Gets the Nod in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

[Wandering Eyes]

   Improving upon triumphs in May’s G3 Prix d’Hedouville at ParisLongchamp and last month’s G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly, ‘TDN Rising Star’ and 2016 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was back atop the highest podium with a narrow victory in a pulsating renewal of Sunday’s G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The win also provided trainer Andre Fabre with a record-equalling eighth success, matching the haul of French icon Francois Mathet. The chestnut lobbed along in third as Oriental Eagle (Ger) (Campanologist) led the six-strong field in single file at a comfortable pace. Stoked up approaching the final quarter mile, he kept on strongly taking a brave route between rivals in the closing stages to deny ‘TDN Rising Star’ Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) by a nose in a thrilling bobber, with G1 Coronation Cup runner-up Salouen (Ire) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) enhancing his portfolio 1 1/4 lengths adrift in third.

Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, €400,000, Saint-Cloud, 7-1, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:30.14, g/s.
1–WALDGEIST (GB), 128, c, 4, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Waldlerche (GB) (GSW-Fr & SP-Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
2nd Dam: Waldmark (Ger), by Mark of Esteem (Ire)
3rd Dam: Wurftaube (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger)
O-Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park Stud; B-Waldlerche Partnership (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €228,560. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 12-5-3-2, €969,127. *1/2 to Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), GSP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Coronet (GB), 125, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Approach (GB), by Darshaan (GB). O/B-Denford Stud Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. €91,440.
3–Salouen (Ire), 128, c, 4, Canford Cliffs (Ire)–Gali Gal (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (€85,000 Ylg ’15 GOFSPT). O-Hiran Balasuriya; B-Silvercon Edgerodge Ltd (IRE); T-Sylvester Kirk. €45,720.
Margins: NO, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.80, 4.30, 5.30.
Also Ran: Cloth of Stars (Ire), Iquitos (Ger), Oriental Eagle (Ger). Scratched: Guignol (Ger), Bateel (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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