Qipco Prix du Jockey Club (Group 1) 3yo colts & fillies | 1m2½f
Study Of Man succeeded where Saxon Warrior had failed in providing Japanese phenomenon Deep Impact with a Derby winner and a horse that could be a flagbearer for the second half of the season.
In doing so he handed the Niarchos family a second Classic in seven days, following the Irish 1,000 Guineas triumph of Alpha Centauri who, like Study Of Man, is a direct descendant of Miesque.
Study Of Man’s half-length defeat of Patascoy provided jockey Stephane Pasquier with a first success in the Qipco Prix du Jockey Club, while trainer Pascal Bary equalled the record of Alain de Royer-Dupre with a sixth win in the race.
Connections will be in no rush to plot any kind of campaign for Study Of Man after three races this spring, but Niarchos racing manager Alan Cooper suggested the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – for which he is now priced at between 10-1 and 20-1 – would come under serious consideration.
“I can’t say it’s the race we’re definitely going to go for but Stephane did say months ago this horse could be a good one for Longchamp in the first week of October,” said Cooper.
Pasquier, who had to survive a stewards’ inquiry after straying off a true line up the straight, believes a step up to a mile and a half will be within range.
“I had to be a wee bit more aggressive than I’d have liked from the start because it was quite a rough race,” said Pasquier. “That’s why I had to force things more than for instance in the Prix Greffulhe.
“I think over 2,400 metres [mile and a half] with a decent pace he could be ridden more quietly, which would give him a better chance to produce that acceleration of his.”
Bary was choked with emotion in the post-race press conference as he recounted the qualities that had marked the colt out from the start.
“Ever since he arrived in the yard he’s been a fantastic horse because he understands everything,” said Bary. “He does everything well and, everything we ask of him, he does just that bit better than we expect. To train him is a dream.”
An equally emotional Electra Niarchos added: “Pascal has always believed in this horse. When we won the Diane with Senga last year Pascal was already talking about Study Of Man.”
Bary was sticking to his long-term belief that his prize pupil retains the speed and brilliance of his maternal origins, a key part in the team decision to come here rather than take up the Derby challenge 24 hours earlier at Epsom.
“The horse has more of a miler’s pedigree than for a mile and a half, and if we’re going to go up to that trip we had to do it progressively,” said Bary.
“He’s a young horse who’d run only three, and now four, times and so you mustn’t ask the impossible straight away. I remember when Francois Boutin trained Miesque the only time she was beaten was when he stepped her up to 2,100 metres.”
Full result of the Qipco Prix du Jockey Club
In behind it was a case of what might have been, with favourite Olmedo fading out of a prominent position in the straight and Hey Gaman, his nearest pursuer in the Poule d’Essai, cracking in the final half-furlong to finish seventh.
“He likes to be up there naturally, and with 16 runners and a couple of Coolmore pacemakers up their early on, when he got challenged in the straight he just got found out for stamina,” trainer James Tate said of Hey Gaman.
“We’ll think about it and look at a mile or an easier mile and a quarter than this, but he’s run a good race.”
Handicappers will quibble with the form of the placed horses, with third and fourth home Louis D’Or and Intellogent not among the favourites.
But Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte was full of admiration for Patascoy, who was trapped wide under Mickael Barzalona the whole way but stuck on all the way to the line.
“He’s run a brilliant race despite the handicap of a high draw and showed what a fighter he was at the finish,” said Thomas-Demeaulte. “It’s wonderful for a small stable like ours.”
Neither Charlie Appleby nor Aidan O’Brien were able to add to their Epsom Classic successes, with Hunting Horn the best of the Ballydoyle quartet in sixth and Godolphin’s supplemented Key Victory eighth.
fonte : RacingPost
Jockey Club Glory For Deep Impact’s Study of Man
| 5th at CHY, Gr. Stk, €1,500,000 | G1 Qipco Prix du Jockey Club | (10 1/2f) | Winner: Study of Man (Ire), c, 3 by Deep Impact (Jpn) |
Study Of Man | Scoop Dyga
By Tom Frary
Making up for the Epsom eclipse of Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) 24 hours earlier, The Niarchos Family’s Study of Man (Ire) stepped up to provide Japan’s monarch with a first European Derby in Sunday’s G1 Qipco Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly. Connections had toyed with the idea of going to Epsom with the impressive G2 Prix Greffulhe winner, but opted to stay at home with this 10 1/2-furlong trip deemed more suitable at present for the grandson of the great Miesque (Nureyev). Anchored in mid-division early by Stephane Pasquier having received an ideal low draw, the 37-10 second favourite was brought to bear on the leaders passing the two-furlong pole and gained a slight advantage shortly after. Showing resilience in the acceleration-deadening ground on the run to the line, the homebred held off the 21-1 shot Patascoy (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) by a half length, with the 58-1 chance Louis D’Or (Ire) (Intello {Ger}) a head back in third in a French-dominated renewal as the home team filled the first five places. Pascal Bary was equalling the modern-day record of Alain de Royer-Dupre with a sixth victory in this and a first in it after the distance was shortened in 2005. “Since day one, I knew he was potentially a good horse and this season has been perfect,” he said. “Even though he was beaten on his first run this year [when second in the Apr. 8 G3 Prix La Force], the ground was much too soft and he needed the race. He maybe had a hard race today with that hot weather, so I don’t think he’ll run in the [G1] Grand Prix de Paris [at ParisLongchamp July 14]. It is more likely we’ll give him a break.”
There was much expectation surrounding Study of Man on his sole juvenile start over a mile at Saint-Cloud in September and he duly delivered by two lengths to give his esteemed connections time to dream during the winter. Second to the smart British raider Chilean (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) in the Prix La Force over nine furlongs at ParisLongchamp on his return, the bay shot to the highest ranks of his generation when dismissing the top German colt Alounak (Fr) (Camelot {GB})–who is now bound for the July 8 G1 Deutsches Derby at Hamburg–with real authority in the Prix Greffulhe at this trip back at Saint-Cloud May 8. Granted a genuine tempo as Kenya (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) played out the familiar Ballydoyle pace-making role, he raced alongside Rostropovich (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) halfway down the field but unlike that contemporary was able to produce a short burst of speed to get out of a potential pocket approaching two out. It may be that the 16-5 favourite Olmedo (Fr) (Declaration of War) was on the worst part of the ground on the rail, but the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains winner was never in the hunt once the pressure was applied in the home straight like the other market principals Rostropovich and Key Victory (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). Study of Man was quickly past the ultra-game Patascoy and the chief overseas threat Hunting Horn (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and although it was slow-motion action in the closing stages he had that extra something to call on from his reserves to get him home in front.
Study of Man’s dam Second Happiness (Storm Cat), who was seventh on her only start at Longchamp 13 years ago, is one of seven daughters of this operation’s brilliant Miesque, one of the great international racemares who was able to plunder Classics in Europe and back-to-back runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Mile. The others include the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches heroine
East of the Moon (Private Account) and the dams of the top-level winners Rumplestiltskin (Ire) (Danehill), Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Amanee (Aus) (Pivotal {GB}). The Niarchos Family’s enterprise in using exotic sires with their European mares is well known and they must have drawn encouragement from the way that the Deep Impact-sired Real Steel (Jpn) was able to draw on this dynasty’s class when winning the G1 Dubai Turf. He was a grandson of Miesque’s daughter Monevassia (Mr. Prospector), who was herself responsible for the aforementioned Rumplestiltskin and Tapestry. This is the second European Classic victory in a week for the operation after Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who is out of an unraced daughter of East of the Moon, captured Sunday’s G1 Irish 1000 Guineas. The dam has a 2-year-old colt Tiki (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and a filly foal by Galileo (Ire) to come.
The owner-breeders’ racing manager Alan Cooper paid tribute to the bloodstock organisation he has so long been a part of. “This is a great moment for the operation and it is a great privilege for all of us to work with these top families which were built up in the eighties,” he commented. “This is especially important due to the presence of Miesque, who is such a source of incredible winners and another Classic winner. Pascal Bary always said that this was a good horse. It is a moment to savour for a long time.”
The form of the G3 Prix de Guiche worked out particularly well, with that trial’s runner-up Patascoy defying a wide draw and trip to earn a sterling second. Trainer Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte said, “What a performance. He hadn’t run a bad race last time and today he had a bad draw, but that’s the sport and we have to deal with it. He’s run a very brave race, but is not entered in the Grand Prix de Paris so right now I have no plans.” Tony Castanheira was equally delighted with the effort of Louis D’Or, who left his latest running when 11th in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains well behind. “People had discarded him as he ran badly last time, but in fact that was a strange race and he was bumped at halfway and had to travel wide, plus he lost two front shoes,” he explained. “He had run such a good race the time before [when third in the G3 Prix de Fontainebleau] that I thought he had a chance and the owner left it to me, so I thank him for that. Now we will stop with him and wait for the autumn, as his target is the Arc.”
Sunday, Chantilly, France
QIPCO PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB-G1, €1,500,000, Chantilly, 6-3, 3yo, c/f, 10 1/2fT, 2:07.44, sf.
1–STUDY OF MAN (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Deep Impact (Jpn)
1st Dam: Second Happiness, by Storm Cat
2nd Dam: Miesque, by Nureyev
3rd Dam: Pasadoble, by Prove Out
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Pascal Bary; J-Stephane Pasquier. €857,100. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, €960,700. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Patascoy (Fr), 128, c, 3, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Noble World (Ger), by Winged Love (Ire). (€40,000 Ylg ’16 ARAU2). O-Roberto Cocheteux Tierno; B-Mme Barbara Moser (FR); T-Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte. €342,900.
3–Louis d’Or (Ire), 128, c, 3, Intello (Ger)–Soudanaise (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. (€27,000 Ylg ’16 AROCT). O-Camille Garnier; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (FR); T-Tony Castanheira. €171,450.
Margins: HF, HD, HD. Odds: 3.70, 21.00, 58.00.
Also Ran: Intellogent (Ire), Not Mine (Ger), Hunting Horn (Ire), Hey Gaman (GB), Key Victory (Ire), Rostropovich (Ire), Flag of Honour (Ire), Dice Roll (Fr), Stable Genius (Fr), Olmedo (Fr), Beat Generation (GB), Naturally High (Fr), Kenya (Ire). Scratched: Al Adaid (Fr), Pharrell (Fr).
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. (fonte : TDN)
