Banner Day For The Thoroughbred Corporation As Miss Scott Secures Prix de l’Opera Triumph

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Christophe Soumillon was at his imperious best in the saddle and rolled back the years to complete an Arc Day double for The Thoroughbred Corporation as he steered G3 Snow Fairy victrix Miss Scott (Night Of Thunder) to a decisive victory in the G1 Prix de l'Opera Longines at ParisLongchamp.The John and Thady Gosden trainee, sent postward as a 51-10 chance, settled off the tempo in sixth through halfway in the 10-furlong distaffers' contest.Making a telling move forward into fourth off the home turn, she launched her bid out wide with 350 metres remaining and kept finding in the closing stages to defeat G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes heroine Precise (Starspangledbanner) by 1 1/2 lengths, with G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix Vermeille runner-up Pink Panthera (Chachnak) the same margin adrift in third. MISS SCOTT proves too good in the Prix de l'Opera Longines! https://t.co/JFrbCefVuF— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 4, 2026 Pedigree NotesMiss Scott is the fourth of five foals and one of three scorers out of an unraced half to the Group 3-winning G1 Oaks and G1 Coronation Cup third High Heeled (High Chaparral) and Listed Cairn Rouge victrix Bella Estrella (High Chaparral).High Heeled's descendants include GI Belmont Oaks Invitational and G1 Falmouth heroine Cinderella's Dream (Shamardal), while Bella Estrella is the dam of the G2 Champagne victor Iberian (Lope De Vega).The winner, whose second dam is dual Grade II winner Uncharted Haven (Turtle Island), is a half-sister to the stakes-winning G1 Prix Jean Romanet third Grand Stars (Sea The Stars), G2 Ribblesdale and G3 Salsabil placegetter Catalina Delcarpio (Lope De Vega) and the unraced two-year-old colt Bay River (New Bay). Sunday, ParisLongchamp, FrancePRIX DE L'OPERA LONGINES-G1, €500,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-4, 3yo/up, f/m, 10fT, 2:02.41, g/s.1–MISS SCOTT (IRE), 123, f, 3, by Night Of Thunder (Ire)                1st Dam: Queen Guenevere (Ire), by Camelot (GB)                2nd Dam: Uncharted Haven (GB), by Turtle Island (Ire)                3rd Dam: Tochar Ban, by Assert (Ire)1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (650,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-The Thoroughbred Racing Corporation Ltd; B-Ballylinch Stud & Ecurie des Charmes; T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Christophe Soumillon. €199,990. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire & SP-Eng, 6-4-2-0, €292,861. *1/2 to Grand Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), SW & G1SP-Fr; and Catalina Delcarpio (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), SW & GSP-Ire, GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.2–Precise (Ire), 123, f, 3, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Way To My Heart (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd; T-Aidan O'Brien. €80,010.3–Pink Panthera (Fr), 123, f, 3, Chachnak (Fr)–Peinture Rose, by Storm Cat. O-Alain Jathiere & Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois; B-Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois; T-Patrice Cottier. €40,005.Margins: 1HF, 1HF, SHD. Odds: 5.10, 5.10, 4.30.Also Ran: Timeforshowcasing (GB), Aventure (Ire), Venetian Lace (Ire), Jennifer Jane (Ire), Cankoura (Fr), Beautify (Ire).The post Banner Day For The Thoroughbred Corporation As Miss Scott Secures Prix de l’Opera Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.