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Irish Examiner
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Ombudsman aiming to eclipse Sandown rivals
Ombudsman will try to stamp himself the outstanding colt of the season by following up his emphatic Royal Ascot success in an exceptional edition of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday. John Gosden has won the Esher track's summer highlight four times, but now training in conjunction with son Thady, he has a horse who showed in the Prince of Wales's Stakes he is ready to add his name to the list of greats to race out of the family's historic Clarehaven base. "We always thought he had the potential to be a horse of this class, but you can only find that out on the day," said Thady Gosden reflecting on his brilliant performance at the Royal meeting. "He would have been an unlucky loser, he had a few traffic problems but then he showed that great turn of foot that (sire) Night Of Thunder seems to give them and he picked up well when he asked him. "The idea before Ascot was that if he ran well enough there, then we would come for this. When it went the way it did and he came out of it well, it was very much the plan. We always thought we would start him later in the season, give him a run before Ascot and go from there. "He's developed quite gradually and hopefully he's got a bright future." Vadeni secured a first win for a French-trained horse since 1960 when scoring three years ago and Andre Fabre saddles his ultra-smart three-time Group 1 winner Sosie as he looks to add his name to the roll of honour. Two of those top-level victories have come in his last two starts and the Prix Ganay and Prix d'Ispahan winner — who currently heads the betting for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe — adds a Gallic flavour to this stellar line-up. Fabre said: "I don't know if he has improved (this season), he has been running over a different distance and he's a triple Group 1 winner. "The horse hasn't surprised me this year, he has just confirmed what I thought. "He is meeting different opposition on Saturday and it is an interesting race, with two Classic winners and a good older horse of Godolphin's — it's a good race. "The ground is not a concern, he doesn't like the soft and enjoys that good ground." It is no surprise to see Aidan O'Brien well-represented in this first major clash of the generations as the race's most successful trainer bids for a record-extending ninth success with beaten Derby favourite Delacroix (Ryan Moore) and French Derby hero Camille Pissarro (Christophe Soumillon). O'Brien said: "Both of them have been very good since their last runs and we felt in the Derby with Delacroix, he got knocked down at the top of the hill and ended up too far back and I'd say the trip was too far. That's what we think. "We didn't know going for the French Derby if Camille Pissarro would get the trip, but he did get it. This is probably a little bit tougher track and a tougher race, but everything has gone well and he's in good shape." Jessica Harrington's Hotazhell is another of the Classic generation to make the trip from Ireland, while Charlie Appleby's 2000 Guineas champion Ruling Court finally steps up in trip after defeat at Royal Ascot. Charlie Appleby told "The tempo of the St James's Palace Stakes was completely different to what Ruling Court encountered in the 2000 Guineas. They went an end-to-end gallop and he never really looked comfortable throughout the race. "We have always wanted to step him up in trip and a mile and a quarter is probably the ideal distance to aim for as a first try over middle distances. There is only one Derby, so we obviously had a look at the mile-and-a-half route before deciding not to run at Epsom due to the ground. "Conditions at Sandown look there to suit. He has won around the course before and has a significant weight pull against the older horses, which can often come into play in an Eclipse. It's a small but very strong field, and he's a Classic-winning colt who doesn't look out of place in the field."
The Irish Sun
24-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Aidan O'Brien drops significant hint he could use Coral Eclipse as rebound race for Epsom Derby flop
TRAINER Aidan O'Brien says Derby flop Delacroix could join stablemate Camille Pissarro in the Coral Eclipse. Advertisement Delacroix was sent off favourite for the Derby at Epsom but trailed home in ninth. Camille Pissarro won the French Derby and is just 5-1 for the race. But runaway Royal Ascot winner Trinity College will not be lining up at Sandown. O'Brien said: 'The Eclipse will come a bit too quick for Trinity College. Delacroix will take his chance with Camille Pissarro.' THE ECLIPSE, Coral bet: 5-2 Ombudsman, 3 Sosie, 5 Camille Pissarro, 7 Cal-andagan, 10 Almaqam Advertisement Read More On Irish Sport Meanwhile The ace jockey made it an incredible 14 wins for the season at the Thames track as he booted in Richard Hughes' five-year-old speedster. Murphy was riding the gelding for the first time and took it up a furlong out on the 9-5 shot who knuckled down well to beat Grandlad by three quarters of a length. Murphy said: 'I've been lucky to get on some nice horses here — and Nogo's Dream did the job really well. Advertisement Most read in Horse Racing 'He found plenty when I asked him to go and win the race.' The reigning champion jockey is now on 49 wins in this season's title race — 18 clear of nearest rival William Buick. Chaos at Royal Ascot as winning horse Lazzat goes mad and almost KOs groundsworker with kick 1 Aidan O'Brien may use the July 5 showpiece as Delacroix's next outing Credit: PA
RTÉ News
23-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Delacroix set to drop in trip for Eclipse at Sandown
Beaten Derby favourite Delacroix's price has contracted for the Coral-Eclipse after Aidan O'Brien indicated he would be joining Camille Pissarro in the Sandown highlight on Saturday week. Winner of two key Derby trials at Leopardstown prior to Epsom, he failed to land a blow on the big day behind his stablemate Lambourn but has been shortened to around 10-1 with many firms for the 10-furlong Esher showpiece. He will now drop back in trip at Sandown and run alongside Prix du Jockey Club winner Camille Pissarro, although the race is likely to come too quickly for another stablemate, Trinity College, who won the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot last week. "The Eclipse will probably come a bit quick for Trinity College so we're probably thinking of letting Delacroix take that slot along with Camille, that's what we're thinking," O'Brien told the Nick Luck Daily podcast. "Trinity looks like he's a Group One horse now, but when the others are there the timing means it fits in a little bit better for them. "Don't rule out Trinity yet, but I'd imagine it will be the other two instead of him."
Qatar Tribune
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Camille Pissarro wins QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club
Agencies Chantilly (France) Camille Pissarro justified his favourite's tag to deliver a second French Derby (Prix du Jockey Club) for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien after winning in impressive style at Chantilly on Sunday. Hamad bin Abdulrahman Al Attiyah, Chairman of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), crowned the winners of the QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix du Jockey Club. Jockey Ryan Moore had to battle to find room on the inside, but once the Englishman squeezed through a gap between the long time leaders Bowmark and Trinity College he surged clear. Cualificar, trained by 79-year-old legend Andre Fabre, finished second with English raider Detain third and the winner's valiant stablemate Trinity College fourth. Camille Pissarro has found France a rich hunting ground, winning a Group One last year and then third in the French 2000 Guineas last time out. Indeed it was thanks to Christophe Soumillon, his jockey in the Guineas, that O'Brien was minded to run him at Chantilly as the Belgium-born ace said he would stay the extra distance. 'Yes a great run,' said O'Brien, whose previous winner came in 2021 with St Mark's Basilica. 'It is incredible, I am absolutely delighted as we were worried about the trip. 'Christophe was sure he would stay and Ryan gave him a great ride. 'I am over the moon,' added the 55-year-old Irishman. For Moore, 41, and O'Brien it was their second classic win in France this campaign, having landed the French 2000 Guineas with Henri Matisse last month. 'The horse did everything right,' said Moore whose previous win in the race came on The Grey Gatsby in 2014. 'Aidan had him in a beautiful frame of mind. 'I had to wait for a bit of room but once we found it, he had a superb burst of acceleration. 'I could not be more happy with him.' Soumillon despite his perspicacious advice to O'Brien had to give way to Moore for the ride, and was third on Detain. The four-time French Derby winning jockey, who turns 44 on Wednesday, was graceful in defeat, riding up to Moore and shaking his hand before patting Camille Pissarro on the head. Bred by CN Farm Ltd, Camille Pissarro is out of Entreat (Pivotal), a winner over 1900 metres at three. He is a half-brother to Golden Horde (Lethal Force), winner of the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup over 1200 metres at three.
New Paper
02-06-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Irish masterpiece on full display in French Derby
PARIS Ireland's Camille Pissarro showcased his close affinity with France by claiming the €1.5 million (S$2.2 million) Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (2,100m) at Chantilly on June 1. Camille Pissarro is trained in Ireland at the great Ballydoyle training centre, overseen by multiple-champion trainer Aidan O'Brien. But he clearly enjoys France, where he has received his best accolades: the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at age two in October 2024 and a third-place finish in the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1,600m) on May 11. He is also a son of popular stallion Wootton Bassett, who first rose to prominence in France and now stands in Ireland at Coolmore Stud, the stud farm for which O'Brien trains. Besides the horse's name, a reference to one of the great French Impressionist masters, another French-Irish connection is his dam Entreat. She previously produced another Group 1 winner, Golden Horde, a son of Lethal Force now standing as a stallion in Normandy at the Haras de Montfort et Preaux. Slated as the first leg of the brand new Arc Races, the Prix du Jockey Club was effectively decided well before the finish line. The three horses who would eventually fill the podium, Camille Pissarro (Ryan Moore), Cualificar (William Buick), and Detain (Christophe Soumillon), were already well placed in ambush behind the two leaders - the eventual fourth-placed Trinity College (Wayne Lordan) and Bowmark (Tom Marquand) - 1,000m from the post, as they approached the long final bend that runs past the picturesque Great Stables chateau. In fact, among the top five finishers, the only horse to make up ground in the straight was the Aga Khan's Azimpour (Clement Lecoeuvre), who came in fifth ahead of his stablemate Ridari (Mickael Barzalona). All the horses who came from the outside, often forced there by bad draws, faded in the final straight. It yet again confirmed the belief that when high-class horses secure the rails, it is nearly impossible to make up ground on them. As an interesting anecdote, in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Camille Pissarro was beaten by his stablemate and co-owned runner, Henri Matisse, who is also a son of Wootton Bassett and is similarly named in tribute to a great French painter. Regarded by many as the best trainer in the world, O'Brien won his second consecutive Prix du Jockey Club, after years of trying unsuccessfully in the race English speakers refer to as the French Derby. His only previous win came with St Mark's Basilica in 2021. "After the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, when Christophe Soumillon got off the horse, he immediately told us to run him in the Jockey Club," said the Ballydoyle maestro. "He's a miler, but he stays 2,000 metres, and that's exactly what you need to win the French Derby. He's a colt we've always really liked. "Last year, he was our top chance for the Coventry Stakes, but at the time he was probably still too green. "Over time, he toughened up, and we felt in the second half of the season that he deserved a run in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere." No immediate plans have been pencilled in for Camille Pissarro, who has now enhanced his record to three wins and five placings in 10 starts. "As for the rest of his programme, we're taking it race by race," said O'Brien. "His owners will talk things through with the jockey, who will then get back to me." Despite pairing up with Camille Passiro in eight of his 10 starts for two of his three wins, Moore deflected the praise to Soumillion, who, incidentally was aboard third-placed Detain for John and Thady Gosden. "The race went very smoothly. I had a good draw, the pace wasn't crazy, but the horse was very relaxed," said Moore. "When I asked him, he responded well. Christophe Soumillon taught me how to ride him." The Arc Races were conceptualised by France Galop as a new circuit of eight marquee contests. The winners earn a wild card for the ultimate autumn challenge in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2,400m) at ParisLongchamp on Oct 5. FRANCE GALOP
