Electrolyte
Conformation
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Bay
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15.3 hh​
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​by Hello Youmzain - Bibury (Royal Applause)​
" Electrolyte is fast and tough! The day he was just touched off in the Coventry at Royal Ascot was frustrating, so for him to make all to win the Prix Eclipse was excellent. France has a very good young stallion in Hello Youmzain, and coming from one of the best sire lines in Europe, Electrolyte stands every chance of making a big impact at stud.
Richard Brown, on behalf of Wathnan Racing"
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RACE RECORD
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Won Group 3 Prix Eclipse, Chantilly
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2nd Group 2 Coventry Stakes, Royal Ascot by a Nose.
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Won Racing TV 2YO Maiden Stakes, Ayr by 2 & 1/4 Lengths.
News Articles
Electrolyte likely for repeat trip to Chantilly
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By Racing TV
Last Updated: Wed 25 Sep 2024
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Archie Watson and Wathnan Racing’s Electrolyte is pencilled in for a Chantilly return after landing the Prix Eclipse on Saturday.
The colt was an impressive winner on debut at Ayr in June before missing out by the narrowest of margins when beaten a nose in the Coventry at Royal Ascot.
He was then fifth when beaten three and a half lengths in the July Stakes, after which he stepped up to seven furlongs at Goodwood to come home seventh in the Vintage Stakes.
Having concluded that six furlongs was his preferred trip, connections then sent the Hello Youmzain colt to Chantilly to contest the Group Three Prix Eclipse.
There the bay made all the running for Mickael Barzalona, holding on to score by a nose after seeing off a late surge from the runner-up Polyvega.
Watson had success in the Prix Eclipse with Eddie’s Boy in 2022, who then went on to the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and was the runner-up behind a very good horse in Roger Varian’s Charyn.
The same race could now await Electrolyte for a return to Group Two level at the same course and over the same distance as the Prix Eclipse.
“We were absolutely delighted with his run, we’d given him a break after Goodwood and he went to Hillwood Stud and spent some time in the field,” said Richard Brown, European racing manager to Wathnan Racing.
“That freshened him up and it was a very pleasing performance.
“I thought Mickael Barzalona gave him a brilliant ride, he just let him settle in front.
“Six (furlongs) is definitely going to be his game, we tried seven and it didn’t work. We were very happy and it was a good performance.
“The most likely race for him is the Group Two back at Chantilly, the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, that’s what we’re aiming for now.”
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Electro-lightning: front-running victory (just!) in French juvenile speed test
By Wathnan Racing
21st September 2024
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Electrolyte – the apple of trainer Archie Watson’s eye since his purchase at the spring breeze-up sales – had promised so much but, until today, somehow failed to deliver. The strapping colt, a lookalike first-crop son of the equally imposing Hello Youmzain, had failed to shine in Group 2 assignments at Newmarket’s July Festival and at the Qatar-sponsored Glorious Goodwood meeting over the summer. This, however, in the thin September sunshine, was much more like it.
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Back at six furlongs in the Group 3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly on the outskirts of Paris, he jumped into an early lead from his favourable number one draw next to the running rail… and simply stayed there!
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We say ‘simply’ – in truth, Electrolyte benefitted from a finely judged pace-setting ride from Mikael Barzalona, and then clung on bravely for victory as smart French filly Polyvega sought to close him down. On the line, Electrolyte was on the shortest part of his stride, his nose raised, just as Polyvega stretched out, head down. How the judge split the pair we’re not sure; we’re just very glad he did. The official verdict was ‘nez’: ‘pixel’ might have been more appropriate as no nose is this small!
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But it was all Electrolyte deserved: having won on debut back in June, he was most unfortunate to be second in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes on the opening afternoon of Royal Ascot. That day he was beaten by Rashabar, who ran some 30m away on the far side of the track, well out of his line of sight. The margin of defeat: a nose.
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