Prix de Diane: Where did they come from?

[Wandering Eyes]

Andre Fabre has four chances to win this French Classic for a fifth time and, as one would expect in a race of this quality, the line-up includes some pretty fancy homebreds for top breeders. But those who have been through a sale ring include a €1,500 yearling, with prices working up to a €450,000 half-sister to Breeders' Cup heroine Aunt Pearl (Ire).

AGAVE (GB), Dubawi (Ire)-Contribution (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB})
Owner/breeder: Juddmonte Farms
Trainer: Andre Fabre
Pedigree notes: The second foal of a winning half-sister to Enable (GB), as well as the black-type earners Derab (GB) and Entitle (GB). Grand-dam Apogee (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}) won the G3 Prix de Royaumont.

BABALA (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire)-Viva Rafaela (Brz) (Know Heights {Ire})
Owner/breeder: Wertheimer et Frere
Trainer: Andre Fabre
Pedigree notes: A half-sister to three multiple winners and out of a GI Brazilian Oaks winner who ran third in the G1 Flower Bowl S. at Belmont Park and was bought by the Wertheimers for $500,000 as a 6-year-old.

BEAUTE CACHEE (FR), Literato (Fr)-Sign And Seal (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire})
Owners: Valerie Lucas, Gael Barbedette, Regis Barbedette, Jordan Georges
Breeder: Gregor Vischer
Trainer: Gael Barbedette
Sales history: Bought for €1,500 at Arqana's Autumn Yearling Sale.
Pedigree notes: Out of a once-raced mare from the family of G1 Coronation S winner Indian Ink (Ire). 

DAISY MAISY (GB), Wootton Bassett (GB)-Shasta Daisy (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB})
Owner: Mme Gitte Poulsen-Allaire and Philippe Allaire
Breeder: Gestut Zur Kuste
Trainer: Yann Barberot
Sales history: Bought for €240,000 at the Arqana Select Yearling Sale at Deauville (Yann Barberot).
Pedigree notes: Her dam Shasta Daisy (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) is out of a winning stakes-placed sister to Juddmonte-bred sires Showcasing (GB) and Camacho (GB).

FALL IN LOVE (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire)-Matauri Pearl (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire})
Owner: 3S Race Horse Management
Breeder: Ecurie des Charmes and Ballylinch Stud
Trainer: Hiroo Shimizu
Sales history: A €450,000 Arqana October yearling.
Pedigree notes: A half-sister to Grade I winner Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) out of a winning full-sister to dual Group/Grade 2 winner Wekeela (Fr).

GALLA (Fr), Frankel (GB)-Gracefully (Ire) (Orpen)
Owner/breeder: Haras de la Perelle
Trainer: Stephane Wattel
Pedigree notes: A half-sister to five stakes horses led by G1 Falmouth S. winner Giofra (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and out of a G3 Prestige S. winner.

LA PARISIENNE (Fr), Zarak (Fr)-Skysweeper (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire})
Owner: Peter R Bradley III, Ecurie JML Racing, Marc Leonetti, Meridian International, Remy Dupuy-Naulot
Breeder: Haras du Cadran, Ecurie Patrick Klein, Haras du Ma
Trainers: Carlos and Yann Lerner
Sales history: A €65,000 Arqana Deauville Select Sale yearling, bought by her father-and-son training team.
Pedigree notes: A half-sister to the stakes-placed Scripturale (Fr) (Makfi {GB}), her dam is in turn a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner GM Hopkins (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

NADETTE (Fr), Outstrip (GB)-Ciboulette (Ire) (Pivotal {GB})
Owner: Team Valor International and Marco Saviozzi
Breeder: Herve Dardenne
Trainer: Romain Le Dren Doleuze
Sales history: Sold as a yearling at Arqana October for €50,000 and then the following June in the Arqana Summer Sale for €17,000.
Pedigree notes: Out of a dual-winning half-sister to Listed victrix Kencumin (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}); fourth dam is the five-time Group 1 winner and double Classic heroine User Friendly (GB).

NASHWA (GB), Frankel (GB)-Princess Lulu (Ire) (Pivotal {GB})
Owner/breeder: Imad Al Sagar
Trainer: John and Thady Gosden
Pedigree Notes: The Oaks third is a half-sister to three-time winner Louganini (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}), Nashwa is followed by a Decorated Knight (GB) yearling half-sister and a colt foal by Dubawi (Ire). Her dam won three times, including at listed level over 10 furlongs, and was runner-up in the G1 Prix Jean Romanet.

OTTILIEN (Fr), Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)-Vezina (Fr) (Bering)
Owner: Quantum Leap Racing XVI
Breeder: Seven Hills Bloodstock
Trainer: David Menuisier
Sales history: Unsold at €120,000 at the Arqana Deauville Select Yearling Sale.
Pedigree notes: A full-sister to Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner and sire Morandi (Fr) out of a half-sister to Group 3 winner Marie De Ken (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) from the further family of the popular globe-trotter Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper).

PLACE DU CARROUSEL (Ire), Lope De Vega (Ire)-Traffic Jam (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire})
Owner: Al Shaqab Racing and Ballylinch Stud
Breeder: Ballylinch Stud and Alexis and Fan Adamian
Trainer: Andre Fabre
Sales history: A €260,000 Arqana Deauville Select Sale yearling.
Pedigree notes: The first foal of G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris winner Traffic Jam who is out of a half-sister to G1 Racing Post Trophy runner-up Winged Cupid (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}).

QUEEN TREZY (Fr), Almanzor (Fr)-Elodie (GB) (Dansili {GB})
Owner: Eric Feurtet
Breeder: E de Chambure and Riviera Equine
Trainers: Carlos and Yann Lerner
Sales history: A €125,000 Arqana Deauville Select Sale yearling.
Pedigree notes: A half-sister to Listed winner Eliade (Fr) (Teofilo {Ire}); grand-dam In Clover (GB) (Inchinor {GB}) has produced the Group 1 winners With You (GB), Call The Wind (GB) and We Are (GB) among her six black-type performers. 

ROSACEA (IRE), Soldier Hollow (GB)-Relizane (GB) (Zamindar)
Owner/Breeder: Haras de la Perelle
Trainer: Stephane Wattel
Pedigree notes: Fourth in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, she is the third foal out of Relizane (GB) (Zamindar), a winner in France and half-sister to the Canadian Grade I winner Reggane (Red Ransom).

TARIYANA (Fr), Sea The Stars (Ire)-Taniya (Fr) (High Chaparral {Ire})
Owner/breeder: HH Aga Khan
Trainer: Francis Graffard
Pedigree notes: Out of a G3 Prix Fille de l'Air winner; great grand-dam Takarouna won the G2 Pretty Polly S.

TIMES SQUARE (FR), Zarak (Fr)-See You Always (GB) (Siyouni {Fr})
Owner: Allan Belshaw
Breeder: Times Of Wigan Ltd
Pedigree insight: The dam is an unraced half-sister to the useful sprinter Direct Times (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), who is out of a winning half-sister, Elegant Times (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), to Group 2 scorer Welsh Emperor (Ire) (Emperor Jones) and listed-winning sprinter Majestic Times (Ire) (Bluebird).

TOY (IRE), Galileo (Ire)-You'resothrilling (Ire) (Storm Cat)
Owner: D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor, Westerberg
Breeder: Coolmore
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Pedigree insight: From an outstanding family, she is a sister to seven black-type performers, including dual Guineas and St James's Palace S. winner Gleneagles (Ire), and Irish 1000 Guineas winner Marvellous (Ire). You'resothrilling was also a classy race mare and won the G2 Cherry Hinton S.

YUKATA (Ire), Galileo (Ire)-Blue Kimono (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire})
Owner: White Birch Farm, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor
Breeder: White Birch Farm
Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
Pedigree notes: Out of a half-sister to G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and from the further family of Melbourne Cup winner Might And Power (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}).

ZELLIE (Fr), Wootton Bassett (GB)-Sarai (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire})
Owner: Al Wasmiyah Racing
Breeder: Charles Barel
Trainer: Andre Fabre
Sales history: Sold as a foal for €140,000 at Arqana December and not sold at the same amount the following year at the Select Yearling Sale.
Pedigree notes: Her dam is a half-sister to 1,000 Guineas winner Speciosa (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and champion racemare Pride (GB) (Peintre Celebre) is a half-sister to her grand-dam.

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