Full Result 2.35 Longchamp (FR) | 4 June 2011

Prix Du Palais-Royal (Group 3) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) 7f Good

1st £34,482.76 2nd £13,793.10 3rd £10,344.83 4th £6,896.55 5th £3,448.28

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁸⁾	1. Sahpresa (USA) 23/5 Gregory Benoist Rod Collet	Gregory Benoist Rod Collet	6	96	–	110	120	–
b m Sahm (USA) - Sorpresa (USA) (Pleasant Tap)
Settled at rear of field, made swift progress on outside 1 1/2f out, quickened well to close on leaders 100yds out, swept by to lead 25 yds out, easily

2⁽⁴⁾ 1½	8. Moonlight Cloud 9/10F Davy Bonilla F Head	Davy Bonilla F Head	3	86	–	98	108	–
b f Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Ventura (IRE) (Spectrum)
Settled towards rear, ridden 1f out, quickened well on outside to lead 100yds out, ran on well but no answer to eventual winner close home

3⁽²⁾ 1 [2½]	7. Evaporation (FR) 73/10 Olivier Peslier C Laffon-Parias	Olivier Peslier C Laffon-Parias	4	90	–	96	107	–
b f Red Ransom (USA) - Polygreen (FR) (Green Tune)
Settled 3rd, quickened to lead 1f out, headed 100yds out, stayed on well

4⁽¹⁾ shd [2½]	3. African Story 6/1 Maxime Guyon A Fabre	Maxime Guyon A Fabre	4	93	–	98	110	–
ch c Pivotal - Blixen (USA) (Gone West)
Settled 4th, short of room when making move 1 1/2f out, ran on well when in the clear final 100yds

5⁽³⁾ 2 [4½]	2. Pink Gin (FR) 20/1 Franck Blondel J-M Beguigne	Franck Blondel J-M Beguigne	4	93	–	92	104	–
b g Kouroun (FR) - Pink Cloud (FR) (Octagonal)
Settled 5th, not quicken 1 1/2f out, stayed on final furlong

6⁽⁷⁾ 3 [7½]	4. As De Trebol (USA) 12/1 Borja Fayos Martin M Delcher Sanchez	Borja Fayos Martin M Delcher Sanchez	5	93	–	83	96	–
rg h Tapit (USA) - Adelphi (USA) (Danzig)
Led from start, set good pace, led 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, no extra

7⁽⁶⁾ 1½ [9]	6. Pyrrha 14/1 Ioritz Mendizabal Chris Wall	Ioritz Mendizabal Chris Wall	5	90	–	75	89	–
b m Pyrus (USA) - Demeter I (USA) (Diesis)
Settled in 2nd, ridden 1 1/2f out, no extra, faded final furlong

8⁽⁵⁾ 6 [15]	5. Personified (GER) 32/1 Gary Carter Mme J Bidgood	Gary Carter Mme J Bidgood	4	90	–	57	73	–
b f Doyen (IRE) - Proudeyes (GER) (Dashing Blade)
Broke slowly and always in rear, no extra in straight

8 ran Winning time: 1m 19.20s (slow by 0.90s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Teruya Yoshida (Sahpresa) 1st breeder: Douglas McIntyre
2nd owner: George Strawbridge (Moonlight Cloud)
3rd owner: Wertheimer & Frere (Evaporation)

2:35 Longchamp (FR) 4 Jun 2011

Prix Du Palais-Royal (Group 3) (3yo+) (Turf)