No Issue For Mastercraftsman’s Alpha Centauri In the Marois

[Wandering Eyes]

   Despite the preceding rain turning the ground slightly easier than ideal, the Niarchos Family’s Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) made light work of her latest task in Sunday’s G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois at Deauville. Tracking fellow TDN Rising Star and G1 Prix Rothschild winner With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in the stand’s-side group, the 9-10 favourite was pulled out to swamp that leader 500 metres from the finish and was soon clear. At the line, the homebred had 2 1/2 lengths to spare over Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper), with 3 1/2 lengths back to With You in third. In doing so, she was winning her fourth straight group 1 after the May 27 Irish 1000 Guineas, June 22 Coronation S. and July 13 Falmouth S. and providing her owner with a ninth renewal.

Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD JACQUES LE MAROIS-G1, €1,000,000, Deauville, 8-12, 3yo/up, c/f, 8fT, 1:34.27, g/s.
1–ALPHA CENTAURI (IRE), 121, f, 3, by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
1st Dam: Alpha Lupi (Ire), by Rahy
2nd Dam: East of the Moon, by Private Account
3rd Dam: Miesque, by Nureyev
O/B-Niarchos Family (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington; J-Colm O’Donoghue. €571,400. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng & G1SW-Ire, 9-6-1-0, €1,356,328. *1/2 to Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), SW & GSP-Ire, GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Recoletos (Fr), 131, c, 4, Whipper–Highphar (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr). O/B-SARL Darpat France (FR); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €228,600.
3–With You (GB), 121, f, 3, Dansili (GB)–In Clover (GB), by Inchinor (GB). O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-Freddy Head. €114,300.
Margins: 2HF, 3HF, 1. Odds: 0.90, 13.00, 3.40.
Also Ran: Noor Al Hawa (Fr), Romanised (Ire), Intellogent (Ire), Trais Fluors (GB), Cascadian (GB), Success Days (Ire), Accidental Agent (GB), Zalamea (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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