Cantilena (IRE)

11th foal; sister to 1m-8.5f winner Laugh Aloud (inc Group 3; RPR 112), half-sister to 5 winners inc Debussy (1m2f-1m4f inc Arlington Million/AW; 122) and Entertainment (1m AW; 98); dam 1m1f winner at 2 (99), half-sister to King George winner Belmez; ran well on first two starts at Saint-Cloud and Longchamp before winning back at Saint-Cloud (1m) in May 2022; bit disappointing over same C&D later that same month but bounced back to winning form at Lyon Parilly (1m; heavy) in June; held in Group 3 at Deauville (1m) when next seen in August; better effort when third in Listed race (beaten two necks) at La Teste De Buch (10.5f) in September; maintained good form when beaten a neck in a Group 3 over 8.5f at Dusseldorf but then held in a Listed events at Saint-Cloud and Deauvile; shaped okay on 2023 return at Fontainebleau and improved on that when second in 1m Listed race at Hanover in early May; second again in another Listed race over 9f at Dortmund at the end of the same month; made no impression in similar race over 1m at Nantes in June and well held on return to action in September upped in trip.