IMPRESSIVE WIN FOR PEARLY AVENUE
Pearly Avenue was an easy 1 1/2 length winner of the Prix du Pont Long at Mont-de-Marsan over 2400 metres on September 9th. The Haras de Saint Pair’s three year old daughter of Anabaa and Pearly Shells now has one win and three places from her four career starts to date and was always going better than her rivals on this her first start over 2400 metres. Pearly Avenue is the sixth foal and sixth winner out of the Group 1 winner Pearly Shells, who has also produced the Group 3 winner Pearl Banks and the four year old filly Pears Or Passion, who is Listed placed and who finished fourth in the Group 3 Stuten Preis at Baden Baden on August 31st.
Pearly Shells has a two year old Oasis Dream colt called Palmetto, a colt foal by Dubawi and is currently in foal to Holy Roman Emperor. Pearl Banks has a yearling filly and a filly foal by Oasis Dream and is currently in foal to Dubawi.