Kieran Shoemark booked to ride Soul Sister in Grand Prix de Paris on Friday, live on Sky Sports Racing, deputising for suspended Frankie Dettori; Oaks winner the sole British runner in field of eight for Group One prize
Tuesday 11 July 2023 14:07, UK
Oaks winner Soul Sister has been supplemented for Friday's Grand Prix de Paris by John and Thady Gosden, with Kieran Shoemark deputising for the suspended Frankie Dettori.
Shoemark partnered the Lady Bamford-owned filly in a recent piece of work on Newmarket's July course, although Dettori has ridden the daughter of Frankel in all three of her starts this season, with Robert Havlin in the saddle when she won her sole outing as a juvenile.
She gave Dettori a seventh Oaks and his 23rd British Classic success when beating Savethelastdance by a length and three-quarters at Epsom.
However, with the 52-year-old Italian having picked up a whip ban at Royal Ascot, Shoemark comes in for the ride on the filly, who is the sole British-trained runner in a field of eight for the Group One prize at ParisLongchamp, live on Sky Sports Racing.
Soul Sister bounced back from defeat on soft ground in the Fred Darling on her three-year-old debut at Newbury to land the Group Three Musidora at York.
She is the only Group One winner in the line-up, with connections happy to pay the €15,000 supplementary fee.
Thady Gosden said: "Obviously it is the last mile-and-a-half three-year-old race in Europe and unlike the Irish Oaks, it gives you time to come back for the Nassau at Goodwood.
"The Irish Oaks is a little too close to Goodwood if you wanted to take in both races, and we are looking forward to running her at Longchamp.
"Kieran partnered her on the Rowley Mile last week and was happy with her and she has done some routine work subsequently."
Adelaide River and Peking Opera, respectively runner-up and fourth to Aidan
O'Brien stablemate Auguste Rodin in the Irish Derby, remain in contention, while Andre Fabre, who has won the Grand Prix de Paris a record 13 times, relies on First Minister, who landed the Group Three Prix Hocquart at the same track last time.
