Esope is SW8 for Galiway winning the Gr3 Prix de Lutece (3000m) at ParisLongchamp.
Allowed an uncontested lead Esope set a moderate pace till past halfway before gradually increasing the tempo before the final turn then stayed on strongly to defeat Tides Of War Galileo) and Gabello (Galiway).
Previously Listed placed in the Derby du Languedoc, it is the second win from 12 starts for the Hiroo Shimizu-trained Esope who was led out unsold at €3,000 as a Osarus yearling where he was consigned for breeders Earl de la Vallee and Mme Sylvie Langlois by Normandie Breeding.
Inbred 3×3 to Sadler’s Wells, Esope is a half-brother to Endorphine (Muhtathir), a winner twice in France and runner-up in the Gr2 Prix Belle de Nuit at Saint-Cloud.
Their dam Polemique a winner at two in France and a half-sister to Sharpalo (Shamardal), a winner in France and the UAE where he finished second in the Gr3 Abu Dhabi Championship.
The leading first-season sire in France in 2019, Galiway (Galileo) is advertised at €12,000 at Haras de Colleville in 2021.