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AVENTURE TO HOLD HER OWN AGAINST CALANDAGAN
The Straits Times
|July 05, 2026
If Aga Khan’s champ flops again, Ferland’s top mare will pounce
After dodging a hot trip on the road, trainer Christophe Ferland is hoping to turn up the heat on the world’s best horse on July 5.
The Chantilly trainer saddles the consistent Aventure in the €400,000 (S$590,000) Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2,400m), where the Aga Khan’s smart mare Calandagan heads the small but select eight-horse field.
Torn between the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes (2,000m) in Ireland on June 27 and staying home, Ferland decided to avoid the current Europe heat wave.
“She’s a valuable mare and 17 hours on a float would make it a painful journey to The Curragh. It would not have been in her best interests to travel from a horse welfare point of view,” said Ferland.
“I think she’s in excellent form. She doesn’t need anything more, she’s quite fresh.
This story is from the July 05, 2026 edition of The Straits Times.
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