There was a buzz surrounding the Francis Graffard-trained debutante Primetime Emmy at Deauville on Sunday and the daughter of Australian sire Extreme Choice lived up to the hype to become a TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard.Sporting the silks of Hollymount Stud France, the 4-5 favourite was quickly away to lead the group racing up the centre in the Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Prix de Lisieux over the Prix Morny course-and-distance and was in front overall with 300 metres remaining. Hitting the line strong under Mickael Barzalona, the half-sister to the Group 3 winner Thurlow (Sebring) recorded a stylish 2 1/2-length success from the Lerners' Amnesia (Showcasing) who was in turn a short head in front of the Alessandro Botti-trained Divina Fe (Calyx).Bred by Kingstar Farm, Graffard revealed the story behind the filly ending up in France. “Her owner-breeder Matthew Sandblom loves Extreme Choice, who is already a champion in Australia, and he gave me this challenge to help prove him internationally,” he said. “I have two fillies who arrived in the spring and they needed time to recover from the journey and this one has been really picking up recently.”“We have some nice two-year-olds, but over this six furlongs she is very interesting,” he added. “I think there is a lot of improvement to come from her and Mickael said she was nice and relaxed and accelerated when he asked. She is entered in the Prix de Cabourg and will obviously be back here in August.” A nice filly for the @GraffardRacing team! Primetime Emmy leads them all a merry dance on debut at Deauville and there could be much more to come… pic.twitter.com/YQbAsE4EK0— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 12, 2026Pedigree NotesPrimetime Emmy's dam is the New Zealand Stakes winner Princess Emmy (King's Chapel), who aside from the aforementioned Thurlow is also responsible for another Stakes scorer by Sebring in Three Kings. From the family of the Queensland Oaks heroine TRAVEL LIGHT, her yearling colt is by Tiger Of Malay.2nd-Deauville, €45,700, Debutantes, 7-12, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:09.45, gd.PRIMETIME EMMY (AUS) (f, 2, by Extreme Choice (Aus)1st Dam: Princess Emmy (NZ) (SW-NZ), by King's Chapel (Aus)2nd Dam: Hoot N' Holler (NZ), by Kashani3rd Dam: Snow White (NZ), by Sun And Shine (GB)Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €22,850.O-Hollymount Stud France SC; B-Kingstar Farm; T-Francis Graffard. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.The post Primetime Emmy A New TDN Rising Star For Extreme Choice appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.