420:). After racing at the rear of the field in the early stages, he overtook the front-running outsider Toimy Son 200 metres from the finish and repelled a late challenge from Ancient Rome to win by a head. After the race Beckett said "He's extraordinary. You don’t get horses like him very often, we haven’t had one. The softest part of him is his tooth enamel... the form book tells you that soft ground is very important to him. Any horse that can do that has to have a fantastic constitution."
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405:). Dettori settled the colt in mid-division before making steady progress and moving into second place behind Noble Truth 400 metres from the finish. He maintained his run, overhauled the leader 100 metres out and won by three quarters of a length with a further three quarters of a length back to Ancient Rome in third place. Ralph Beckett commented "We came here for the soft ground and I think the bend helped. He had to be tough to go and get the other one, and he is that."
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the colt and sending him to race in Hong Kong. He went on to explain "I fed him on Sunday and I looked at him sideways and thought ‘you don’t look like you’ve had a hard race to me at all. I jogged him up and he bounced up the yard... With the rain last night I could hardly believe my luck. He like a
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stable). After tracking the leaders he made a forward move approaching the final furlong but hung to the right and hampered The
Acropolis as he did so. He gained the advantage soon afterwards and stayed on well to win by three quarters of a length from Berkshire Shadow. After the race Beckett said
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over seven furlongs at Ascot on 24 July and produced a much better effort as he took the lead a furlong out before being overtaken in the final strides by the favourite New
Science. Three days, with Dettori again in the saddle, later Angel Bleu returned to Group 2 class for the
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in
September 2020 he was consigned to the Arqana Deauville Select Sale and was bought for €120,000 by the bloodsock agent Jamie McCalmont. He entered the ownership of Marc Chan, and was sent into training with
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and recorded his first success as he took the lead approaching the final furlong and won by one and three quarter lengths from Raging. Angel Bleu followed up in a minor race over six furlongs on
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on 15 June but made little impression as he started a 28/1 outsider and came home thirteenth of the seventeen runners behind
Berkshire Shadow after tiring in the closing stages.
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and started 100/30 second favourite behind
Berkshire Shadow in a six-runner field which also included Eldrickjones (second in the Coventry Stakes) and The Acropolis (from the
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by the winner. Sixteen days later the colt was ridden by Hector Crouch when he started favourite for a novice race over the same distance at
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On 2 October Angel Bleu was sent to France and started at odds of 5.5/1 in a nine-runner field for the Group 1
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Dettori had felt that Angel Bleu needed a rest after his win at Ascot while owner Marc Chan had suggested
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Angel Bleu made his debut in a novice race (for horses with no more than two previous wins) over five
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Angel Bleu is a grey (officially bay) colt bred in France by Pan Sutong Racing
Bloodstock. As a
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He was from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Dark Angel, who won four races including the
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Twenty days after his win at
Longchamp, Angel Bleu returned to Frane to contest the Group 1
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840:"Soft Ground to Angel Bleu's Liking in Lagardere"
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328:For his next start Angel Bleu was stepped up to
276:winner Circles of Gold she was a full-sister to
309:and finished third behind Gubbass, beaten five
429:Pedigree of Angel Bleu (FR), grey colt, 2019
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695:"Cercle de La Vie – Race Record & Form"
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913:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
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656:"Arqana – Vente de Sélection – Lot 45"
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749:"British EBF Novice Stakes result"
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16:French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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785:"Vintage Stakes result"
410:Critérium International
379:Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
264:and Cape of Good Hope (
202:Critérium International
198:Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
169:Critérium International
164:Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
527:Cercle de La Vie (IRE)
470:Princess Athena (IRE)
414:Saint-Cloud Racecourse
399:Flying Scotsman Stakes
903:2019 racehorse births
638:"Angel Bleu pedigree"
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418:Prix Six Perfections
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699:Racing Post
513:Night Shift
445:Acclamation
358:soft ground
338:Royal Ascot
319:soft ground
254:Harry Angel
53:Acclamation
897:Categories
680:2013-07-13
642:Equineline
621:References
437:Dark Angel
391:Ebro River
208:Background
183:Angel Bleu
153:Major wins
43:Dark Angel
22:Angel Bleu
807:Racing TV
560:Urban Sea
278:Elvstroem
227:Hampshire
190:racehorse
140:14: 6-2-1
122:Marc Chan
49:Grandsire
614:: 22-b)
595:Razyana
583:Danehill
474:Ahonoora
424:Pedigree
299:furlongs
274:AJC Oaks
250:Battaash
236:and the
214:yearling
148:£516,298
145:Earnings
604:Marscay
566:Miswaki
533:Galileo
371:gelding
330:Group 2
311:lengths
223:Kimpton
127:Trainer
111:Breeder
93:Country
71:Galileo
67:Damsire
660:ARQANA
612:Family
589:Danzig
585:(USA)
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458:Waajib
385:. The
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137:Record
101:Colour
96:France
85:Foaled
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537:1998
535:(IRE)
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488:1994
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449:1999
441:2005
439:(IRE)
262:Idaho
119:Owner
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434:Sire
307:11/4
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