Christopher Head has become the fourth generation of his family to train winners on Arc Day and continue the longest dynastic tradition of French racing as Blue Rose Cen fled her opposition to score a hugely impressive success under Aurelien Lemaitre.
Got a five-strong yawn back with the Irish-trained pair Liver Teorainn and The story never ends . From the moment that Lemaitre slid his partner into the courtyard at the cross-track, the race ended as a meaningful one.
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Maintaining remarkable external composure, Head praised his new stable of stars. She wears the same blue and white Yeguada Centurion silk as Spain Sibila who opened his team race account as a coach in May.
Head said: “It’s unbelievable. This dirty little girl has been going like this since the beginning of the year. She is always in top shape and I think she can become a real 3-year-old. beautiful.
“This race has been the plan since the beginning of the year. She has reached the peak of her career and so am I.
“I think Aurelien had the perfect ride, staying on the tracks and waiting for the open road. It was a dream run.”
Christopher Head
Freddy’s son and Criquette’s grandson, Head, got his driver’s license in 2018, having supported both of them during his early years in the sport.
Lemaitre served as an apprentice to Freddy Head, the winning coach and jockey who had grown up in races together.
“Aurelien and I started with my father and now we work together. We have always been loyal to each other,” Head said. “It’s a great story.
“I must also thank the owner, Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, for his trust in us and the incredible horses he has sent us. I hope we can continue. work together forever.
“I don’t know when I realized how obvious she was, but it’s a great sign for next year. She looks like a classic girl.
“We have a lot of options if we want to run again this year, including the Breeders’ Cup — for which she’s now qualified — as well as the Criterium. But I need to talk to the owner because of her. He’s obviously a scumbag who will stay 2,000 meters (a mile and a quarter) next year.”
The Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium des Pouliches is a Breeders Cup Challenge race where the winner will receive an automatic qualifying position and pay the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Minor (G1T) World Championship weekend on November 4 and 5 at Keeneland.
Jim Bolger is pleased with Gan Teorainn who is second after Basil Martini at Weld Park Stakes (G3) just seven days earlier.
“We’re happy with this run, and one way or another, she’s going to be a chump next year,” Bolger said. “She was really disqualified for this game. I didn’t think running back that fast bothered her because the last day they didn’t go too fast and she only had a race that lasted a minute and a half.
“She’s going to be her own for over a mile and a half next year. She’s a lovely lodger.”
