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T H R E E-Y E A R-O L D S A N D O L D E R

Treve the star as Classic generation
holds its own in all-aged company
THERE WAS A LOT TO BRIGHTEN THE FIRST SEASON POST-FRANKEL, NOT LEAST A FRANKEL-ESQUE ARC
WIN FOR THE FRENCH ACE, WHILE TORONADO LED THE WAY FOR TEAM HANNON BY KATHERINE FIDLER

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IFE after Frankel. For some, such
a time may have appeared as bleak
and grey as the sky above Ascot
when a euphoric crowd welcomed the
greatest horse of a generation back into the
winner’s enclosure after his 14th and final
breathtaking win on a chilly Champions
Day 2012.
However, the wheel turns and change is
inevitable. Few things can stay the same in
a sport that is the most cyclical in nature,
and in the absence of Frankel racegoers
were not disappointed during a 2013 Flat
season that was bookended by breathtaking
victories from Farhh, that produced a winner
for the Queen at Royal Ascot in Estimate,
and witnessed a true duel on the Downs
among many highlights.
More notably perhaps, this season
produced a three-year-old crop that proved
better equipped to hold its own in all-aged
company than the previous year,
spearheaded by wonderful Prix de
l’Arc de Triomphe winner Treve.
The ready winner of her
Treve, in the colours of the Head
family’s Haras du Quesnay, has the
Prix de Diane at Chantilly in the bag

LEADING EUROPEAN THREE-YEAR-OLDS BY RPR
HORSE

PEDIGREE

BREEDER

RPR

Treve0
Toronado0
Dawn Approach0
Olympic Glory0
Ruler Of The World0

Motivator-Trevise (Anabaa)
High Chaparral-Wana Doo (Grand Slam)
New Approach-Hymn Of The Dawn (Phone Trick)
Choisir-Acidanthera (Alzao)
Galileo-Love Me True (Kingmambo)

Haras du Quesnay
Paul Nataf
Jim Bolger
Denis McDonnell
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only start at two, Treve staked her claim
for a tilt at the Prix de Diane when landing
a Saint-Cloud conditions race by three
and a half lengths, a winning margin she
bettered when beating subsequent Irish
Oaks winner Chicquita by four lengths in
the fillies’ Classic.
Rout

The daughter of Motivator, by then firmly
in racing’s consciousness, returned from a
three-month break to rout the Prix Vermeille
field, which included Preis der Diana winner
Penelopa, Irish Oaks second Venus De Milo
and Prix Saint-Alary heroine Silasol, en route
to an awe-inspiring victory in the Arc, again
in an almost Frankel-esque manner.
Tre v e w a s o n e o f s i x Eu r o p e a n
three-year-olds to score in all-aged Pattern
company at the highest level, the others
including Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
hero Olympic Glory – his sire

Choisir’s highest-rated runner – Premio
Lydia Tesio winner Charity Line and Sky
Lantern, who leads the Classic fillies’ miling
division on Racing Post Ratings following
her 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and
Sun Chariot victories.
Sky Lantern and Olympic Glory were
just two notable performers saddled by the
soon-to-retire Richard Hannon on his way
to reclaiming the champion trainers’ title.
Hannon, renowned for sending out a tidal
wave of top juveniles, this year held many
of the aces in the three-year-old division,
with Toronado the highest-rated in his
hand. Awarded a Racing Post Rating of
129 following his defeat of both regular
nemesis Dawn Approach and his elders in
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