Full Result 2.40 Longchamp (FR) | 27 October 2013

Prix Royal-Oak (Group 1) (3yo+) (Turf)

(3yo+) (1m7f110yds) 1m7½f Very Soft

1st £116,138.21 2nd £46,463.41 3rd £23,231.71 4th £11,605.69 5th £5,813.01

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁸⁾	1. Tac De Boistron (FR) 4/1J Martin Harley Marco Botti	Martin Harley Marco Botti	6	94	–	57	119	–
gr g Take Risks (FR) - Pondiki (FR) (Sicyos)
Held up and soon towards rear, headway when not clear run from 3f out until ridden and switched left over 1f out, stayed on strongly and led entering final furlong, forged clear, comfortably

2⁽¹⁵⁾ 5	9. Going Somewhere (BRZ) 10/1 Gregory Benoist D Smaga	Gregory Benoist D Smaga	4	92	–	48	116	–
ch c Sulamani (IRE) - Angel Star (BRZ) (Special Nash)
Held up towards rear, ridden and headway on outer 3f out, drifted right under pressure, challenged and every chance entering final furlong, stayed on well for 2nd but readily outpaced by winner

3⁽⁶⁾ ¾ [5¾]	11. Missunited (IRE) 14/1 Seamie Heffernan Michael Winters	Seamie Heffernan Michael Winters	6	91	–	46	109	–
bb m Golan (IRE) - Lets Clic Together (IRE) (Don't Forget Me)
Dwelt slightly but quickly recovered, midfield, dropped to rear halfway, pushed along in last 5f out, ridden over 2f out, edged right entering final furlong, stayed on well and went 3rd towards finish, no chance with winner

4⁽⁵⁾ 1¾ [7½]	10. Goldtara (FR) 20/1 Thierry Jarnet A Lyon	Thierry Jarnet A Lyon	5	91	–	44	107	–
ch m Gold Away (IRE) - Diatara (FR) (Sillery)
Midfield in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on steadily but not pace to challenge

5⁽⁴⁾ 1 [8½]	14. Ebiyza (IRE) 6/1 Christophe-Patrice Lemaire A De Royer-Dupre	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire A De Royer-Dupre	3	86	–	41	107	–
ch f Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Ebalista (IRE) (Selkirk)
Midfield, pushed along 2f out, short of room and shuffled back over 1f out, carried right by eventual 3rd entering final furlong, not recover but ran on strongly under hands and heels towards finish and went 5th final strides

6⁽¹⁰⁾ snk [8¾]	8. Tres Rock Danon (FR) 16/1 Christophe Soumillon Gerald Geisler	Christophe Soumillon Gerald Geisler	7	94	–	45	109	–
b h Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Tres Ravi (GER) (Monsun)
Soon led, ridden 3f out, hung left and headed entering final furlong, no extra and faded, dropped to 6th final strides

7⁽¹¹⁾ 1¼ [10]	15. The Lark 6/1 Jamie Spencer Michael Bell	Jamie Spencer Michael Bell	3	86	–	39	105	–
ch f Pivotal - Gull Wing (IRE) (In The Wings)
Dwelt slightly and held up in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out and went 7th post, never able to challenge

8⁽³⁾ nse [10]	4. Altano (GER) 4/1J Eduardo Pedroza A Wohler	Eduardo Pedroza A Wohler	7	94	–	43	107	–
b g Galileo (IRE) - Alanda (GER) (Lando)
Took keen hold, in rear early but soon headway into midfield, prominent on outer when ridden 3f out, hung right under pressure, plugged on but outpaced and held entering final furlong

9⁽¹³⁾ hd [10¼]	12. Green Byron (FR) 25/1 Pierre-Charles Boudot J-M Lefebvre	Pierre-Charles Boudot J-M Lefebvre	3	89	–	41	108	–
b g Green Tune (USA) - Heritiere (AUS) (Anabaa)
Prominent, ridden when shuffled back 3f out, stayed on steadily under pressure but never able to challenge, no extra and lost multiple places towards finish

10⁽¹⁴⁾ 3½ [13¾]	7. Les Beaufs (FR) 8/1 Julien Guillochon Mme V Seignoux	Julien Guillochon Mme V Seignoux	4	94	–	38	103	–
b g Apsis - Yeomanry (FR) (Saumarez)
Dwelt and in rear early, took keen hold, steady headway and prominent halfway, close 2nd 3f out, ridden and effort to challenge over 2f out, soon outpaced, no extra and beaten entering final furlong, faded and eased

11⁽⁹⁾ 6 [19¾]	2. Donn Halling (IRE) 33/1 Theo Bachelot Vaclav Luka Jr	Theo Bachelot Vaclav Luka Jr	5	94	–	30	95	–
b g Halling (USA) - Papering (IRE) (Shaadi)
Took keen hold, midfield, ridden and effort over 2f out, bumped over 1f out, soon lost place and beaten, faded and eased

12⁽⁷⁾ 3 [22¾]	13. Quinzieme Monarque (USA) 20/1 Franck Blondel J Hirschberger	Franck Blondel J Hirschberger	3	89	–	24	93	–
bb c Rock Hard Ten (USA) - Quintela (Giant's Causeway)
Tracked leader, ridden and effort over 2f out, outpaced when slightly short of room between rivals over 1f out, soon beaten and weakened, eased

13⁽¹⁾ 10 [32¾]	5. Silver Valny (FR) 40/1 Thomas Messina Mlle M-L Mortier	Thomas Messina Mlle M-L Mortier	7	94	–	11	80	–
ch g Vertical Speed (FR) - Mendoreva (FR) (Mendocino)
Steadied and held up towards rear, ridden and effort to improve over 2f out, no impression and beaten entering final furlong, eased and tailed off

14⁽¹²⁾ 12 [44¾]	3. Lucarelli (GER) 40/1 Lennart Hammer-Hansen Ferdinand J Leve	Lennart Hammer-Hansen Ferdinand J Leve	7	94 b	–	–	65	–
b h High Chaparral (IRE) - Lavorna (GER) (Acatenango)
Slowly into stride and pushed along early, steady headway and soon tracking leader, ridden and lost place rapidly 3f out, soon in rear and beaten, eased and tailed off

15⁽²⁾ 20 [64¾]	6. Da Capo (IRE) 33/1 Maxime Guyon Mme Pia Brandt	Maxime Guyon Mme Pia Brandt	7	94	–	–	41	–
b g Peintre Celebre (USA) - Specificity (USA) (Alleged)
Held up and always in rear, ridden over 2f out, no extra and beaten over 1f out, heavily eased and tailed right off