After an excellent return to the track in Gr.1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois, ONESTO (Frankel) finished a brilliant third in the world’s most prestigious race, the Gr.1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp.

Flying through the grades, having only debuted (2nd) in mid-February, the Chappet Racing team were delighted to cheer home our rather exciting filly CROWN PRINCESSE (Zarak) to victory in the Gr.3 Prix Cleopatre at Saint Cloud.

Five years on from the wonderfully talented Dice Roll’s exertions in the race, the Chappet Racing team have unearthed yet another Classic contender, in the shape of three-year-old Good Guess, who impressively carried the colours of his owner Hisaaki Saito to success in one of the springs most informative contests, the Gr.3 Prix Djebel at Deauville.

As has frequently been the case this season, Rashit Shaykhutdinov enjoyed another homebred success thanks to the promising two-year-old colt Fortune (De Treville), who was a slick debut winner at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, October 16th.

A Bastille Day that will be remembered fondly by all at Chappet Racing! Our extremely talented colt Onesto (Frankel) fulfilled the promise he has always shown and took a Group One success for the yard when winning the Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp on July 14th.

Not only is Antoinette Tamagni’s homebred Master Gatsby (The Grey Gatsby) extremely handsome, but the chestnut colt is proving to be quite talented on the racecourse too and put up an excellent display when landing the Prix Des Sequoias (Class 2) at Fontainebleau on Wednesday.

Despite only debuting in May of his three-year-old year, the talented White Whisky has quickly developed into one of the most consistent horses in training at Chappet Racing. Owned and bred by loyal yard supporter Rashit Shaykhutdinov, White Whisky kicked off his 2022 campaign in perfect style, with an imposing success in the Prix des Pavillons de Bercy (Class 2) at ParisLongchamp earlier this week.

Adding further substance to the list of thriving fillies at Chappet Racing, the aptly named SWEETHEART opened her account in impressive fashion on Thursday afternoon, showing a beautiful turn of foot to claim the Prix de Gruchy at Deauville. 

Carrying the silks of PG Racing Club

Boasting a long-standing reputation as one of the country’s highest achieving producers of two-year-old’s, the team at Chappet Racing have enjoyed further success with their juveniles in recent days. 

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The 2yo colt Topgear (Wootton Bassett), unbeaten in his career two starts, stretched his record to three when taking the coveted Prix Éclipse (Gr3) at Chantilly over 1,200m. The juvenile colt, who is owned by Hisaaki Saito, proved courageous to come and pocket a first Black Type victory.

GAGARIN'S MOON (Sea the Moon) remains unbeaten after two starts. This is a result of the three-year-old colt, owned and bred by Rashit Shaykhutdinov, landing the Prix du Rocher Cassepot (Class 2, 1,800m) (9f) at Fontainebleau on Friday. 

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Following yesterday’s Listed victory, the first three home in the Prix de Saint-Cyr, a Listed race for 3-year-olds, were all trained by Fabrice! Speak Of The Devil, in the colours of Rashit Shaykhutdinov, was the ½ length winner in front of Mageva, who is owned by Antoine Gilibert (...)

The Chris Wright homebred ACAPULCO GOLD (Bungleinthejungle) was the runaway winner of the 1000m Listed Prix des Rêves d'Or
at Vichy, 23 July.

They say things come in threes and this was certainly the case at Deauville last weekend. Already elated following the demonstration of Good Guess, the Chappet Racing team then celebrated a brace of Listed successes with our talented pair of fillies, Gregarina (De Treville) and Sivka Burka (Siyouni).

With the 2023 season now fully in flight, the Chappet Racing team have been keeping busy with runners across the country and together, our representants have already signed 19 winners for the year.

A horse that showed plenty of promise since he first stepped foot into the yard, the team at Chappet Racing are extremely proud of the dizzy heights reached by ONESTO (Frankel) throughout the 2022 season.

It was great to see the Gregarina, a three-year-old daughter of De Treville get a well-deserved Listed success in the Prix de la Cochere at ParisLongchamp on Sunday afternoon. Gregarina’s victory also proved extremely poignant for long-standing yard supporter Rashit Shaykhutdivov, who not only bred the filly, but also saw his colours sported by her sire De Treville throughout his racing career.

The Chappet Racing team fielded five runners this afternoon at Saint-Cloud (24th June) and we were delighted to come away from the Parisian course with two nice winners, who are both owned and bred by long-standing yard supporter Rashit Shaykhutdinov.

Since making a successful début at Chantilly last September, the team at Chappet Racing have held ONESTO, a son of Frankel, in the highest regard. Having his second start of the season, the three-year-old colt confirmed those expectations with a striking performance in Sunday’s Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud.

Following on from last month’s successes of both Pourquoi Pas (Dark Angel) and Once (Tamayuz), long standing owner-breeders Brendan and Anne-Marie Hayes enjoyed another Chappet Racing-trained winner this week. The rapidly improving filly, CHAUSSONS ROSES (New Approach) battled her way to success in the Prix Desir de Mai (Maiden) at Lyon-Parilly and in doing so, became the fourth winner during the month of April for the yard.

At Chantilly on Tuesday the yard celebrated a 1-2 in the fillies’ newcomers race with POURQUOI PAS and BAMBITA, followed shortly after by a Listed victory with the 3yo colt MACHETE!

In the Prix de la Serpentine (3yo fillies, Newcomers, 1,900m) Pourquoi Pas, in the colours of Anne-Marie Hayes, had to dig deep to hold off her stablemate Bambita, who is owned by Rashit Shaykhutdinov in a thrilling finish. 

Since making his racecourse debut in March this year, three-year-old BEL ARISTO has continued to impress with each subsequent run and on Friday, October 1st, the son of New Approach landed a first success at Listed level in taking the Prix Scaramouche (L)at Saint-Cloud. 

WATCHMEN led the way when scoring on the 1st August at Clairefontaine for owner Antoinette Tamagni.

The following day at Dieppe, the speedy and consistent KILFRUSH MEMORIES stormed to a win in a Class 2 race over 1,100m in the colours of Sydney Vidal. This tough performer brings his career earning to over €215,000!

WATCH HIM (Elvstroem) broke his maiden on debut in fine style at Chantilly on Tuesday, on the all-weather track in the Prix du Beauvaisis. Owned in association by Antoine Gilibert, whose colours he carries, Alexander Tamagni, Haras Du Ma and Fabrice. . 

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In the colours of Jean-Louis Bouchard, GOLD TRIP maintained Fabrice’s excellent strike rate in Classic races when finishing third in the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (Gr1) at ParisLongchamp on Sunday (...)

Vraiment classique

Il aura trois partantes dans
le Prix de Diane, et autant
dans le Prix du Jockey Club. Depuis la victoire de Précieuse (Tamayuz) dans l’Emirates Poule d’essai des Pouliches (Gr1)
en 2017, Fabrice Chappet fait partie des entraîneurs classiques. Un qualificatif qui change tout...

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Five years on from Intellogent’s incredible success in the Gr.1 Haras d’Etreham Prix Jean Prat, Good Guess ensured the Chappet Racing team were stepping onto the winners’ podium once again, with a fantastic win in the 1400m showpiece.

As racing returned to ParisLongchamp last weekend, the team enjoyed yet a second black-type winner in a week thanks to the Rashit Shaykhutdinov owned homebred Plesant Jane (Pivotal), who took the Listed Prix Zarkava.

An emphatic winner of this seasons Grand Prix de Paris (Gr.1) and runner-up in the Irish Champion Stakes (Gr.1), Chappet Racing’s flagbearer ONESTO (Frankel) is an excellent example of the yards ability to produce juvenile debut winners, whilst all the while continuing to nurture them through to the highest level over the years to follow. The exceptional colt made a winning debut at Chantilly as a two-year-old in 2021 and now boasts a rating of 55 (121 UK).

It’s a winning return to ParisLongchamp! Antoinette Tamagni’s homebred chestnut colt Master Gatsby (The Grey Gatsby) has been a model of consistency since opening his account at the beginning of the year and this week, the three-year-old launched himself into the elite league of young stayers with an impressive victory in the Gr.3 Prix Gerald de Geoffre (Prix de Lutece) at ParisLongchamp.

Chappet Racing fielded six runners on Sunday’s Qatar Prix du Jockey Club card at Chantilly, and despite numerous honourable efforts from our troop, the performance of the day undoubtedly went to Hisaaki Saito’s winning debutante GOOD GUESS.

Kicking off a wonderful start to the month of May, the team at Chappet Racing celebrated yet another success from our rock-solid PRINCE LANCELOT (Sir Prancealot), who took the Listed Prix Servanne (1,200m) at Chantilly on Tuesday. Now a dual Listed winner, Prince Lancelot has been an admirable money-spinner for his owner Antoine Gilbert and on Monday, the four-year-old recorded a fifth success from just thirteen career starts.

As the team at Chappet Racing gear-up towards some of the big Spring fixtures, it was great to secure a brace of victories earlier this week. Having given us many enjoyable days over the previous two seasons, it was fantastic to see PRINCE LANCELOT (Sir Prancealot) make a successful seasonal debut in the Prix de la Futaie des Epinettes (Class 2) at Chantilly on Wednesday.

Chappet Racing have produced eight individual two-year-old winners this season, including the unbeaten TOPGEAR. Owned by Hisaaki Saito, Topgear won the Prix Eclipse (G3) at Chantilly on his third and most recent start. The son of Wotton Bassett now boasts a French rating of 49 (108 in UK) and should make his presence felt at the top-level next term.

The well-bred Onesto (Frankel), made a fantastic start to his racing career when taking the Prix de Villebon (newcomers) in fine style at Chantilly on his debut in competition for owners Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois, Jean-Etienne Dubois, Ecurie Hunter Valley, Haras d'Etreham, Ecurie Billon, Ecurie Elag and Hubert Guy. His impressive win earned him ‘Rising Star’ status from both the Jour de Galop and the TDN!

The 2-year-old TOPGEAR, owned by Hisaaki Saito, followed up on his impressive debut win in the Prix de Tancarville at Deauville with a second success at the same track in the Prix Irish River (Class 2, over 1,300m).....

Thursday saw a quick-fire double on the cards at one of France’s most charming tracks -Fontainebleau. First up was the 3-year-old filly BAVARIA BABY, in the colours of her breeder Ecurie Normanie Pur-Sang. (...)

The lightly-race four-year-old SKYWARD posted a remarkable performance to land the Gr.3
Prix de Reux over 2500m
in John Messara’s famous yellow and black checkered silks.

In the colours of Sheail
Bin Khalifa Al Kuwari,
SAQR (Dutch Art) kept his perfect scorecard when winning the Qatar Prix des Yearlings,
a conditions race over 1200m,
at Deauville, July 12.