'Armchair' Oaks win for Lemaire; FRENCH OAKS: RACING IN BRIEF.THE red-hot run of trainer Jean-Claude Rouget and jockey Christophe Lemaire continued as Stacelita bolted up in the Prix de Diane The Prix de Diane is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies at Chantilly Racecourse. The race is run annually on the second Sunday in June and is competed at a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs). (French Oaks) at Chantilly. Settled in second behind the pace-setting Onega Lake, Lemaire had an armchair ride all the way and his mount's acceleration was stunning when he pressed the button just inside the two pole. Stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person stable companion Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times and French 1000 Guineas runner-up Tamazirte made it another big-race one-two for Rouget, but British hope Fantasia fantasia (făntā`zhə) [Ital.,=fancy], musical composition not restricted to a formal design, but constructed freely in the manner of an improvisation. In the 16th and 17th cent. finished well held. Having won the French 1000 Guineas with Elusive Wave and the French Derby with Le Havre, Rouget has rightly emerged as a superstar across the Channel, and is set to saddle the former as well as Never On Sunday at Royal Ascot.. |
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