Vinery stallion Myboycharlie (Ire) sired his second stakes winner within 48 hours on Monday.

Fresh from Charlie Boy’s G2 Danehill Stakes victory at Flemington, the Vinery stallion struck with Salai in the LR Prix Etalons la Cauviniere (1600m) in France.

Salai (2c Myboycharlie – Mabadi by Sahm) came from last to round-up his rivals for the premiership winning combination of jockey Christophe Soumillon and trainer Jean-Claude Rouget.  “We decided to wait and the lively pace set by Footprint helped him settle,” Soumillon said.  “After that, it was just a case of finding a way through although my horse was laying in.  He won with a margin.”

The Prix Etalons la Cauviniere at Craon has been a reliable guide for juveniles in recent years – Soumillon and Rouget won it last year with Alterite (Literato) and she went on to finish a close-up third in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp.

Salai was coming off a last-start loss in a Listed race over 1200m in Bordeaux.  “Jean-Claude told me he needed a longer distance,” owner Hervé Morin said.  “The pace was quick today and that suited our interests.”

Connections will now consider setting Salai for the G1 Prix Jean -Luc Lagardere (1400m) at Longchamp on October 6.

Salai defeated Stellar Path (Astronomer Royal) by more than two lengths on Monday.  The first two home were both bred by SF Bloodstock, a partnership of Australian agents Neil Bowden, Henry Field and Gavin Murphy, an Australian working in New York.

Rouget bought Salai for 55,000 euros at the 2012 Arqana October Yearling Sale.  His dam Mabadi (USA) won at Chester in July 2006 before moving to California where she was G2 placed at Santa Anita.

Myboycharlie (Danetime) was a G1 winner of the 2007 Prix Morny and he began shuttling to Vinery Stud from the English National Stud.  He later changed bases in the northern hemisphere to Haras du Mezeray in Normandy.

Vinery stands Myboycharlie for a service fee of $16,500 (inc gst) this year.

– Karl Patterson

SALAI
First stakes winner for Myboycharlie in Europe