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Longchamp on Agenda for Impressive Manieree
16/09/11

John Oxx his has string in tremendous form at the moment and added another good prize to his recent haul as Manieree ran out an impressive winner of the Group 2 The Tote Blandford Stakes at the Curragh on September 11, writes Elliot Slater.

Following the recent high profile victory of Saddler's Rock in the Group 2 Doncaster Cup, Alanza in the Group 3 Sceptre Stakes, and Sea The Star's half-brother Born To Sea's eye-catching debut win that his catapulted him to prominence in the horseracing betting for next season's classics, Manieree kept the ball rolling by stepping up from her win in the Group 3 Kilboy Estate Stakes at the track two months ago, to beat Dermot Weld's Sapphire by an easy three-and-a-quarter-lengths, proving she sees out the 10-furlong trip particularly well.

With owner Max Morris very keen to pitch his three-year-old daughter of Medicean at the highest level, Oxx has pencilled in a trip to Paris for Manieree and a crack at the Group 1 Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp on Arc day, October 2. Oxx had waited until sure his filly was up to that grade before giving the winning owner the green light to book his ticket to France, but with easy ground generally prevailing at the track, (a surface that her trainer believes will bring about further improvement in Manieree), Oxx sees no reason why she shouldn't have a crack at the big guns. People betting on horse racing will no doubt be keeping an eye on her.

As a juvenile Manieree beat the subsequent Investec Oaks runner-up Wonder of Wonders to land her maiden at Leopardstown last October on soft ground and has shown progressive form with every run this term, culminating with her two recent victories that will surely see her official rating raised to beyond 110. With Oxx's horses carrying all before them it would be a brave man who would bet that his filly won't give a very good account of herself in France next month.

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