Full Result 2.50 Longchamp (FR) | 22 June 2009

Prix de la Porte Maillot (Group 3)

(3yo+) 7f Good

1st £38,835 2nd £15,534 3rd £11,650 4th £7,767 5th £3,883

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	7. Smooth Operator (GER) 83/10 Maxime Guyon Mario Hofer	Maxime Guyon Mario Hofer	3	812	–	108	105	–
b g Big Shuffle (USA) - Salzgitter (Salse)
Raced in 3rd or 4th, 4th straight tracking leader on inside, headway between rivals inside final furlong to lead close home

2⁽¹⁾ ½	8. Varenar (FR) 42/10 Gerald Mosse A De Royer-Dupre	Gerald Mosse A De Royer-Dupre	3	87	–	101	98	–
ch c Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Visor (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Missed break, allowed through on inside to lead after 1f, headed and no extra close home

3⁽²⁾ snk [¾]	1. Dunkerque (FR) 23/10F Dominique Boeuf Mme Christiane Head	Dominique Boeuf Mme Christiane Head	4	95	–	103	104	–
b c Highest Honor (FR) - Dissertation (FR) (Sillery)
Led until restrained in 2nd after 1f, ridden 1f out, kept on at same pace

4⁽⁶⁾ ¾ [1½]	9. Only Green (IRE) 59/10 Davy Bonilla F Head	Davy Bonilla F Head	3	84	–	95	93	–
b f Green Desert (USA) - Only Seule (USA) (Lyphard)
Raced in 3rd or 4th on outside, ridden over 1f out, kept on at same pace

5⁽³⁾ 1½ [3]	4. Tertio Bloom (SWE) 15/1 Ioritz Mendizabal Fredrik Reuterskiold	Ioritz Mendizabal Fredrik Reuterskiold	4	92	–	94	95	–
ch g Tertullian (USA) - Yankee Bloom (USA) (El Gran Senor)
Raced in 5th on inside, one pace from over 1f out

6⁽⁸⁾ snk [3]	2. Mariol (FR) 42/10 Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Robert Collet	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire Robert Collet	6	92	–	93	95	–
b g Munir - La Bastoche (IRE) (Kaldoun)
Raced in 6th, one pace from over 1f out

7⁽⁹⁾ 1½ [4½]	5. Leap Ahead (IRE) 12/1 Olivier Peslier F Rohaut	Olivier Peslier F Rohaut	4	92	–	88	90	–
ch g Desert Prince (IRE) - Lady Vettori (Vettori)
Dropped out in last, pushed along entering straight, reminder over 2f out, headway on outside to go 7th 1 1/2f out, no further progress

8⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [6]	3. Abbashiva (GER) 26/1 Andrasch Starke T Mundry	Andrasch Starke T Mundry	4	92	–	81	86	–
b c Tiger Hill (IRE) - Abba (GER) (Goofalik)
Held up, 8th straight, never a factor

9⁽⁵⁾ 2 [8]	6. Peace Royale (GER) 24/1 Andreas Suborics Mario Hofer	Andreas Suborics Mario Hofer	4	812	–	72	77	–
b f Sholokhov (IRE) - Peace Time (GER) (Surumu)
Raced in 7th, effort on outside 1 1/2f out, soon beaten

9 ran Winning time: 1m 20.00s (slow by 1.70s) Total SP: 116%
1st owner: Stall Jenny (Smooth Operator) 1st breeder: Mario Hofer Gmbh
2nd owner: H H Aga Khan (Varenar)
3rd owner: Alec Head (Dunkerque)

2:50 Longchamp (FR) 22 Jun 2009

Prix de la Porte Maillot (Group 3)