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00:00So, we bought Place du Carousel at the Arcana August Sales.
00:14The co-owners kept a share, Bally Lynch kept half of the filly and we bought half of the
00:20other partners.
00:21Place du Carousel arrived at Andre Favre's stable as a yearling after being born.
00:26She showed plenty of promise as a two-year-old in late summer and Andre was hoping to start
00:32her.
00:33He thought he would be able to start her, give her a run as a two-year-old, which was
00:37the case.
00:38She ran very well first time out and she was second in her maiden at Deauville on the all-weather.
00:42She was a beautiful filly, well put together, good balance, good shoulder, short back, good
00:48hindquarters, lovely mover.
00:50She looked like she had a great temperament.
00:52She came into the Prix de l'Opera off a little bit of a break, but Andre was confident that
00:59she would run a big race in the Prix de l'Opera and she showed great acceleration on much
01:03slower ground that day.
01:06She just showed, again, how versatile she was, she was very effective on pretty much
01:12all surfaces.
01:13Andre was very keen to run her in Deauville where she was well in at the weights, if you
01:18like, in the Gaute Tourbillon.
01:20She won in style.
01:30From there, Andre was keen to run her in the Prix Froid where, again, she really proved
01:35that the step up to mile and a half was not a problem for her.
01:41That day, she beat the very, very smart performer, Irasin, and so it was decided after that she'd
01:46take a chance, quite entitled to, in the Arc de Triomphe.
01:52She's very well bred.
01:53She's by a top European cyclist, Lope de Vega, who's a champion himself, was a champion in
02:00France, and her mother won the Prix du Conseil de Paris on a mile and a half, and she was
02:05second in the Poumon as well.
02:07Good elements between the physical, the pedigree, and the attitude, she had to be a good filly,
02:13and she showed it on the track, and so now she's probably one of the best fillies to
02:20be offered into a sale this year, and she ticked all the boxes to be a future potential
02:28racehorse as a five years old or a broodmare.