DAMOISELLE’S STAYER

SHORN GRASS, the first foal of the Haras de Saint Pair’s mare Damoiselle won a Tierce handicap at Maisons Laffitte on October 13, taking the four year old gelding’s career record to two wins and six places from 13 starts for earnings of 76,626 euros.

The surprising aspect of the race was the distance, 3000 metres, and this son of two sprinters in Pivotal and Damoiselle, a Group winner over 1200 metres, is clearly at his best over extended distances. Damoiselle was a sprinter herself but she is by Sky Classic out of a mare by Manilla, two top North American performers over 1 1/2 miles on turf.

Damoiselle’s second foal is an unraced two year old Raven Pass filly called Danoya in training with Alain de Royer Dupre, she has a colt foal by King’s Best and is in foal to Excellent Art.