Reina Madre on top in the Imprudence

Kingman three-year-old Reina Madre swooped to win key Classic trial, the Gr.3 Prix Imprudence, at Deauville yesterday (9th April).

Taken from Thoroughbred Daily News, 9th April 2021:

There was another minor upset at Deauville as the Gr.3 Prix Imprudence went the way of the 18-1 shot Reina Madre (Kingman). Sporting the silks of Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals and his Yeguada Centurion operation which is set to become a familiar presence in France, the Mauricio Delcher Sanchez trainee had last been seen finishing fourth in the Premio Gran Criterium in Madrid in October and entered this Classic prep something of an enigma.

Settled with two behind early by Christophe Soumillon, the bay who was also runner-up in the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux in early October stayed on strongly to reel in Sky Angel in the last 50 metres for a short-neck success, with Louliana one and a half lengths behind in third.

"She was a very useful two-year-old last year and had run a very good race in Bordeaux, but maybe she was a little bit gone in her last race in Madrid," Delcher Sanchez commented of the bay, who was under the care of Alvaro Soto Loring in 2020.

"She's been with me for only three months and I could appreciate the quality in her morning work - she is definitely a very nice filly and everyone can see she hasn't quite blossomed yet, which leads me to think there is room for improvement. It'll most probably be the [Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des] Pouliches next."