Oasis Dream’s Polydream Prevails in the Maurice de Gheest

[Wandering Eyes]

   Come Deauville August, Freddy Head always has his runners at a peak and the Wertheimers’ Polydream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) stepped up to the mark to follow the G1 Prix Rothschild victory of the stable’s With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and continue the stable’s 100 percent record in the meeting’s premier races in Sunday’s G1 LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest. Prepping with a confidence-boosting success in the seven-furlong G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at ParisLongchamp June 2, the 6-1 shot who took last year’s G3 Prix du Calvados here and was second in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Chantilly in October tracked the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. runner-up City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) up the centre where the majority of the field were racing. On the far side, the G2 Mill Reef S. and G3 Greenham S. winner James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) was cutting loose and with 300 metres to race Maxime Guyon had left himself with a lot of ground to make up on that British raider. Answering his call with relish, on Polydream chased him down in the final stride to score by a half length, with a healthy 2 1/2-length gap back to The Tin Man (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) as Europe’s sprinting division went some way to sorting itself out. Head’s six prior wins in this came with the pair of triple winners Marchand D’Or (Fr) (Marchand de Sable) and Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and he was drawing a comparison with the latter afterwards. “She’s a smashing filly with a lot of speed and she reminds me of Moonlight Cloud–I don’t know do if she can win it three times but she’s very good,” he said. “She was lame after the Marcel Boussac and I think that cost us the race. We have to decide now whether to go back to a mile or not–I know the owner would love to go to America with her later on.”

Sunday, Deauville, France
LARC PRIX MAURICE DE GHEEST-G1, €380,000, Deauville, 8-5, 3yo/up, 6 1/2fT, 1:16, gd.
1–POLYDREAM (IRE), 121, f, 3, by Oasis Dream (GB)
1st Dam: Polygreen (Fr) (SW-Fr & GSP-US, $173,671), by Green Tune
2nd Dam: Yxenery (Ire), by Sillery
3rd Dam: Polyxena, by Lyphard
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Freddy Head; J-Maxime Guyon. €217,132. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0, €379,212. *1/2 to Evaporation (Fr) (Red Ransom), MSW & MGSP-Fr, $366,599; and Ankle (Fr) (Shamardal), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–James Garfield (Ire), 125, c, 3, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Whazzat (GB) (SW-Eng), by Daylami (Ire). (£60,000 RNA Ylg ’16 GOUKPR). O-W J & T C O Gredley; B-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs Ltd (IRE); T-George Scott. €86,868.
3–The Tin Man (GB), 129, g, 6, Equiano (Fr)–Persario (GB), by Bishop of Cashel (GB). (80,000gns Ylg ’13 TAOCT). O-Fred Archer Racing – Ormonde; B-Mrs Elizabeth Grundy (GB); T-James Fanshawe. €43,434.
Margins: HF, 2HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 5.50, 42.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Librisa Breeze (GB), City Light (Fr), D’bai (Ire), Efaadah (Ire), Brando (GB), Actress (Ire), Unfortunately (Ire), Larchmont Lad (Ire), Schang (Ger), Coeur de Beaute (Fr), Fleet Review, Inns of Court (Ire), Sands of Mali (Fr), Intelligence Cross, Wootton (Fr), Bacchus (GB), Time’s Arrow (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton

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