::: FRANCE :: RACING at DEAUVILLE : MANDUROS RIBBONS (GB) UPSETS THE JEAN ROMANET G1 Darley Prix Jean Romanet [10f (T)] Winner: RIBBONS (GB), F, 4 by MANDURO (GER) RIBBONS (GB), f, 4, MANDURO (GER)--SISTER ACT (GB), by MARJU (IRE). O/B-Elite Racing Club (GB); T-James Fanshawe; J-Frankie Dettori; €142,850. Lifetime Record: MSP-Eng, 8 starts, 5 wins, 3 places, €201,030. “Sent off at 25-1 with no black-type experience to call upon, the Elite Racing Club’s RIBBONS (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) was the dark horse ready to explode in the line-up for Deauville’s G1 Prix Jean Romanet and duly brushed aside her rivals to lead home a long-priced British-trained one-two-three. Last seen finishing second in an Ascot handicap over a mile May 10, the homebred immediate relative of SOVIET SONG (IRE) (Marju {Ire}) was held up last early by Frankie Dettori before making her move widest in the stretch. Grabbing the lead passing the furlong marker, the chestnut romped in the mud to score by two lengths from PRINCESS LOULOU (IRE) (Pivotal {GB}), with another compatriot in SECRET GESTURE (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) 1 1/2 lengths back in third. “It’s always easy to say after you have won that were confident, but she’s always shown she was top-class at home,” trainer James Fanshawe commented. “She loves soft ground and we decided we had nothing to lose by coming here, so we are obviously very happy.” (sic) Thoroughbred Daily News, 24 August 2014 in this photo: A lovely portrait of RIBBONS (GB), the little known daughter of MANDURO (GER), who today won the Group I Darley Prix Jean Romanet with Frankie Dettori for trainer James Fanshawe and owners/breeders the Elite Racing Club, Britain. photo: Michael Harris, Harris Equine Photography
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:31:20 +0000
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