Manduro sired his fifth individual winner on Thursday November 3, when his daughter Trois Lunes broke her maiden at Saint-Cloud. Making her second start, she was at the head of the field throughout the 1600m contest, and handling the rain-softened ground well, she battled gamely to dead-heat with Miss Carmie, with a gaping eight-lengths back to the third.
Owned and bred by Scea Haras de Saint Pair, she is the first foal of the Fasliyev mare Trip To The Moon, the winner of the Listed Prix Isola Bella run over the same course and distance as today’s win.
Manduro, the scintillating Horse of the Year and world Champion racehorse of 2007, has now sired five impressive first-crop winners. Bonfire won well on his debut before finishing a luckless third in the G1 Criterium International, Mandaean earned TDN rising star status when winning his only start in France and Kolonel, another unbeaten colt in Germany, who is very well-regarded by his trainer Andreas Wohler.
