Orcada 4yo Chase Report: Brilliant Le Berry!
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Sunday, October 11, Auteuil. - We expected a fifth victorious chase for Le Berry (Gemix) in the 58th edition of the Orcada 4yo Chase (Gr3), and the representative of Gemini Stud kept his promises as he won again, leading all the way to score by 10 lengths. However, he has all the more merit this time because two rivals challenged him on the way, with Galleo Conti (Poliglote), who had to take a breather in the backstretch after a slight mistake at the big open-ditch, and Le Lude (Turgeon ), who pushed the winner until mid-turn before fading in 5th place.
Galleo Conti recovered to take second place, eight lengths ahead of General En Chef (Martaline), who let all these good fellows make the show and followed his own path at his own pace.
Unbeaten now in five chases, Le Berry will certainly be the favourite of the Maurice Gillois 4yo Chase (Gr1), on November 8, that is to say in four weeks. But new challenges are to be expected and the brilliant grey is unlikely to have a free hand.
Le Berry's dam, Kalberry (Kaldounevees), ran on the flat and finished fourth in the Prix de Flore (Gr3) for her breeder, Mrs Édouard Decazes. The mare's first offspring, Berryville (Poliglote), won the Grand Prix de Pau Chase (Gr3) twice after placing in the Derby de l'Ouest. He is from the family of Melbourne Cup (Gr1), Caulfied Cup (Gr1) and Hong Kong Vase (Gr1) winner Dunaden.