€130,000 Eugène Adam (Gr2): Bright Picture shines again
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Sunday, 30 June 2024, Saint-Cloud Racecourse (Hauts-de-Seine). – The hot favourite for the €130,000 Prix Eugène Adam (Gr2), Bright Picture (Intello), took advantage of an ideal trip behind his stablemate and pacemaker, Hamawi (Dubawi), to secure his fourth victory in five starts. The Wertheimer & Frère representative held off Wootton Verni (Wootton Bassett), who had raced mid-field and settled for second, a length behind. Wahdan (Siyouni), a non-runner in the Qatar Prix du Jockey Club (Gr1), struggled in the turn but managed to snatch third place at the end of the 1m2f for 3yos contest, ahead of a brave Hamawi.
The 3-year-old gelding, Bright Picture, was purchased for €72,000 at the Arqana October Yearling Sale in 2022. He is out of Lucy the Painter (Excellent Art), a Group-placed mare in the UK. Her yearling by Cloth of Stars was sold for €47,000 to Broadhurst (Laurent Benoît) at the Arqana Yearling Sales last October.
The second dam, Royal Bounty, was bred by Ballymacoll Stud, the heirs of Michael Sobell.