Vanteaux: Mqse de Sevigné back on the winning trail

April 10, 2022, ParisLongchamp Racecourse (Paris). - In a very open 150th renewal of the €80,000 Prix Vanteaux (Gr3), one of the traditional stepping stones on the way to the French Oaks, Mqse de Sevigné (Siyouni) proved to be slightly ahead of the cast. Trained by André Fabre, she was cleverly steered behind the leading fillies and made her move early enough to take over the front-running Hot Queen (Recorder), finally beaten for second place by Know Thyself (Galileo), who came by trailing the eventual winner. Bred by Écurie de Meautry for Edouard de Rothschild, Mqse de Sevigné won by one and a half-length while a short neck separated the two placed fillies. The favourite Tonka (Nathaniel), unbeaten in two races until this, was never a threat in the rear.

As for Mqse de Sevigné, it was her third run and a seasonal comeback. An unlucky third for her debut in the Prix de la Cascade won here by Agave in September, she had won straight after that over 7 furlongs at Chantilly.

She's a sister to Méandre (Slickly), a winner of the Grand Prix de Paris (Gr1), whose full sister Ondoyante (Slickly), a maiden now aged 13, was sold barren for €2,500 to Paul Nataf at Arqana last February. A Saxon Warrior filly was born in 2020, and a Kodiac colt last season.

Mqse de Sevigné est engagée dans les trois Groupes 1 de pouliches du printemps.