323:. Barzalona settled the favourite in fourth place behind Alson, Armory and Ecrivain before switching to the outside to make his challenge in the straight. Victor Ludorum produced a sustained run, overtook Alson 100 metres from the finish and won "readily" by three quarters of a length. After the race André Fabre said "He has a big heart, is a beautiful mover, and he goes on any ground, which was a big, big concern beforehand. He likes to come late and overtake horses. I don't see him as a natural 2-year-old — he is next year's horse. I don't know if he'll stay a mile and a half, but definitely a mile and a quarter, which I think
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the advantage 200 metres out and kept on well to win by one and a half lengths from The Summit. Barzalona commented "He's a powerful horse and today he showed his comeback run did him the world of good. I was able to ride him the way I did at two... He can be a little bit difficult during the preliminaries but he is so straightforward in a race. We went a good even pace and he was just in his racing bubble. He got there gradually and I never had to get serious".
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on 1 June with his eight opponents including his old rivals Alson, Ecrivain, The Summit and Kenway as well as
Arapaho (Prix du Pont Neuf) and Celestin (Criterium du Languedoc). After being restrained towards the rear of the field by Barzalona he made a forward move 500 metres from the finish, gained
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Longchamp. He started the 2/5 favourite but after racing in second place he was unable to make any progress in the straight and came home third behind The Summit (who led from the start) and Ecrivain. Despite his defeat, the colt went off the 7/5 favourite for
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racehorse. He was one of the best juvenile colts in Europe in 2019, when he was undefeated in three starts including the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère. He went on to win the Poule d'Essai des
Poulains and run third in the in 2020.
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regarding plans for next year, but, personally, I would look at a French classic campaign".
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will as well. He could start off over a mile... I will have to speak to
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Ludorum was ridden in all of his starts as a two-year-old by
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On 11 May, the day on which French racing restarted after the
180:(foaled 3 April 2017) is a British-bred, French-trained
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396:Pedigree of Victor Ludorum (GB), bay colt, 2017
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259:and Shamardal's dam Helsinki.
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303:Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère on
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650:"Antiquities race record"
622:"Victor Ludorum pedigree"
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636:"Shamardal Stud Record"
373:Prix Guillaume d'Ornano
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131:André Fabre
62:Antiquities
855:Categories
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605:References
424:Storm Bird
336:Earthlight
325:Earthlight
257:Street Cry
249:Irish Oaks
241:Blue Point
188:Background
153:Major wins
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419:Storm Cat
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450:Immense
391:Pedigree
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348:COVID-19
194:markings
148:ÂŁ625,007
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383:in the
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290:Mkfancy
286:lengths
251:winner
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109:Breeder
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245:Listed
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