NowWeCan (Martillo) had been absent from the track since his win in a maiden at Saint-Cloud at the end of May on his second start. Nicolas Clément’s charge won on his start attempt on the fibresand in the Prix du Tandem(D). He flew in the finish to win by five lengths from Révolution (DutchArt). Nicolas Clément said: This is horse is still brand new and should provide us with some surprises next year. I ran him over a mile first time out but he has a lot of stamina.

This winner was particularly nice as he was bred by his owner, Winfried Englebrecht-Bresges, who isthe Director ofthe Hong Kong Jockey-Club.

NotreDame (Acatenango),the dam of the winner, is a sister of German Gr2 winner Noroit (Monsun), as well as Noel (Acatenango), winner of the Premio Federico Tesio (Gr3)