Libre is SW188 for Exceed And Excel winning the Listed Baden-Baden Cup (1400m).
Held up towards the rear through the first half of the race Libre finished strongly in the home straight to defeat Marshmallow (Soldier Hollow) by a length with Kid Conte (Lemon Drop Kid) another length and three-quarters away third.
It is the second win from eight starts for Libre, a 105,000gns Tattersalls October yearling and previously fourth in the German 1000 Guineas.
Inbred 2×4 to Danehill, she is the only foal to race for her dam Pyrean (Teofilo), a three-quarter sister to Aryaamm (Galileo), the dam of three stakes winners including Gr2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster winner Saamidd (Street Cry).
Pyrean is also a half-sister to Irish juvenile winner Oracle (Danehill Dancer), also third in the Gr1 Irish 2000 Guineas, and to French winner Mathematician (Machiavellian), also runner-up in the Gr3 Prix de la Jonchere.
Exceed And Excel has Australian Gr1 winner Guelph with a duplication of Danehill. Now a permanent resident at Darley’s New South Wales base he is advertised at $132,000 in 2021.