Full Result 3.25 Saint-Cloud (FR) | 22 October 2017

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

(3yo+) (1m7f110yds) 1m7½f Good To Soft

1st £170,931.62 2nd £68,384.62 3rd £34,192.31 4th £17,081.20 5th £8,555.56

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	7. Ice Breeze 6/1 Vincent Cheminaud P Bary	Vincent Cheminaud P Bary	3	810	–	76	118	–
b c Nayef (USA) - Winter Silence (Dansili)
Held up in midfield, tracked leaders 4f out, ridden to lead 2 1/2f out, driven when pressed over 1f out, rallied when challenged by different rival inside final furlong, stayed on gamely to assert closing stages (op 7/1)

2⁽⁵⁾ 1¼	1. Vazirabad (FR) 8/15F Christophe Soumillon A De Royer-Dupre	Christophe Soumillon A De Royer-Dupre	5	94	–	74	115	–
bb g Manduro (GER) - Visorama (IRE) (Linamix)
Held up towards rear, good headway from 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, driven to challenge inside final furlong, no extra and held closing stages (op 4/9 tchd 1/2)

3⁽³⁾ 2 [3¼]	4. Holdthasigreen (FR) 5/1 Tony Piccone C Le Lay	Tony Piccone C Le Lay	5	94 p	–	72	112	–
ch g Hold That Tiger (USA) - Greentathir (FR) (Muhtathir)
Chased clear leaders, led 5f out, ridden and headed 2 1/2f out, rallied to press leader approaching final furlong, weakened 100yds out, eased closing stages

4⁽⁸⁾ 8 [11¼]	5. Renneti (FR) 16/1 Pierre-Charles Boudot W P Mullins	Pierre-Charles Boudot W P Mullins	8	94	–	61	102	–
b g Irish Wells (FR) - Caprice Meill (FR) (French Glory)
Held up towards rear, hampered under 3f out, soon ridden, kept on steadily from 2 1/2f out, snatched moderate 4th close home (op 20/1)

5⁽⁶⁾ snk [11½]	9. Kitesurf 10/1 Mickael Barzalona A Fabre	Mickael Barzalona A Fabre	3	87	–	58	101	–
b f Dubawi (IRE) - Shimmering Surf (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
Towards rear of midfield, took closer order 4f out, ridden under 3f out, outpaced under 2f out, lost moderate 4th close home (op 11/1 tchd 12/1)

6⁽¹⁾ 4 [15½]	8. Oriental Eagle (GER) 50/1 Jack Mitchell J Hirschberger	Jack Mitchell J Hirschberger	3	810	–	56	99	–
br c Campanologist (USA) - Oriental Pearl (GER) (Big Shuffle)
Chased leader, ridden 3f out, weakened steadily from over 2f out (op 40/1)

7⁽⁹⁾ 1¾ [17¼]	2. Montaly 22/1 Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	6	94	–	53	95	–
b g Yeats (IRE) - Le Badie (IRE) (Spectrum)
Held up towards rear, ridden and no impression from 4f out (op 25/1)

8⁽²⁾ dist [47¼]	6. Mille Et Mille 12/1 Franck Blondel C Lerner	Franck Blondel C Lerner	7	94	–	13	–	–
b g Muhtathir - Quezon Sun (GER) (Monsun)
Midfield, ridden 3 1/2f out, lost place 2 1/2f out, soon well beaten and eased

9⁽⁷⁾ 10 [57¼]	3. Brandon Castle 22/1 Andrew Mullen Archie Watson	Andrew Mullen Archie Watson	5	94	–	–	–	–
b g Dylan Thomas (IRE) - Chelsey Jayne (IRE) (Galileo)
Led, 5 lengths clear at halfway, headed 5f out, gradually dropped towards rear, lost touch 2 1/2f out (op 33/1)

9 ran Winning time: 3m 25.40s (slow by 7.00s) Total SP: 130%
1st owner: K Abdullah (Ice Breeze) 1st breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd
2nd owner: H H Aga Khan (Vazirabad)
3rd owner: Claude Le Lay (Holdthasigreen)

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3:25 Saint-Cloud (FR) 22 Oct 2017

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