Prix Jacques Le Marois

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Let me get this straight..... he's now one of the favorites for the Arc cause he beat such illustrious horse such as Holocene and Lawman?

Okaaaay.

Nice enough horse who will have a good view of Vodka's behind when she wins the Arc.

No, he is one of the favourites for the Arc because he has beaten such illustrious horses as Dylan Thomas and his form last year leaves him the pick of the older horses this year, he had to play second fiddle to some very good horses last year, but this year the others are playing second fiddle to him.

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Turtle Bowl off to stud next year


by Rachel Pagones



GROUP 1 winner Turtle Bowl, third behind Manduro in the Prix Jacques le Marois this month, will enter stud at Aliette and Gilles Forien's Haras de la Reboursiere et de Montaigu next year.

Trained by Francois Rohaut for Berend van Dalfsen, the five-year-old son of Dyhim Diamond scored his biggest victory to date in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat two years ago. He has been third at the top level in each of his last three starts, including a close finish behind Ramonti in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, and is likely to contest the Group 1 Prix du Moulin in September. He could bow out in either the Breeders' Cup Mile in October or the Hong Kong Mile in December.

Turtle Bowl will be a welcome addition to Archange d'Or, Martaline, and Victory Note at la Reboursiere, which lost both leading veteran sire Kendor and the promising young Starborough this year.

Out of the Top Ville mare Clara Bow, he is a half-brother to the Galileo colt who sold for €1.4m at the Deauville sale on Friday. He is also a half-brother to the 2002 Prix d'Astarte winner and Grade 1-placed Turtle Bow, whose first foal, a filly by Diesis, was bought at Arqana last summer by Shadwell France for €600,000.