€190,000 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr2): Sky Majesty continues her swift ascent
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Chantilly, France – October 12, 2024 – Six 2-year-olds lined up for Saturday’s €190,000 Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr2) over 6 furlongs at Chantilly, the championship race for juvenile sprinters in France. Sky Majesty (Blue Point) was the sole foreign entry here. Yet...
Trained by William Haggas for Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy, the filly was making just her third career start, having debuted in late August with a narrow victory at Newbury. She confirmed that form barely four weeks later with a Group 3 score by a neck at Ayr in Scotland.
This time, the visitor won by more than a length after battling a bit to overcome pacesetter Une Pointure (Dabirsim) and then holding off the French favourite Daylight (Earthlight), who had raced alongside her throughout. Christophe Soumillon had swiftly placed his partner, Sky Majesty, in the slipstream of Une Pointure.
This clear verdict establishes Sky Majesty as a potential champion sprinter. Purchased for £150,000 as a yearling by her trainer at Tattersalls, she hails from a family of fast horses, like her dam’s brother, Majestic Missile (Royal Applause), winner of the Prix du Petit Couvert (Gr3). Her dam was Listed-placed.