Flotilla produces a record-breaking performance in French 1000

Flotilla produced a record-breaking performance when getting up in the final strides to land the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) at Longchamp yesterday.

Flotilla produces a record-breaking performance in French 1000
Mon, 13 May, 2013 - 01:00
Claude Dupont

Last season’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf winner came with a rattling run under Christophe Lemaire to collar the Andre Fabre-trained favourite Esoterique close home and oblige by a neck.

Trainer Mikel Delzangles’ decision to run Sage Melody as a pacemaker paid off as Flotilla set a record time for the mile showpiece.

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CourtsRacingPlace: LongchampPlace: NewmarketPlace: Park ReelPlace: YorkPlace: LingfieldPlace: SurreyPerson: Christophe LemairePerson: Andre FabrePerson: Mikel Delzangles’Person: Sage MelodyPerson: FlotillaPerson: TasadayPerson: ZurighaPerson: Richard HannonPerson: Richard HughesPerson: Ralph BeckettPerson: DelzanglesPerson: Style VendomePerson: Nicolas ClementPerson: Thierry ThulliezPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: HannonPerson: Jamie SpencerPerson: Philippe SogorbPerson: David O’MearaPerson: Clive CoxPerson: FabrePerson: TabelauxPerson: O’BrienPerson: GreatwoodPerson: TelescopePerson: Luca CumaniPerson: SirPerson: Michael StoutePerson: DantePerson: HighclerePerson: Managing DirectorPerson: Harry HerbertPerson: LucaPerson: King Edward VIIPerson: King EdwardEvent: Poule d’Essai des PoulichesEvent: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’Event: Waterway RunEvent: Breeders’ Cup raceEvent: Prix DianeEvent: Coronation StakesEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: Prix DjebelEvent: Prix du Jockey ClubEvent: St James’s Palace StakesEvent: Prix de Saint-GeorgesEvent: Festive CheerEvent: Betfred Dante StakesEvent: Betfred Derby TrialEvent: Investec DerbyOrganisation: FlotillaOrganisation: QipcoOrganisation: Highclere Thoroughbred RacingOrganisation: Telescope
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