L'Attrayante

She continued to compete in the United States for three more seasons and won three more races including the Grade III Countess Fager Handicap as well as being placed in several major events.

His other foals included Bold Run (Premio Emilio Turati), Sutton Place (Child Stakes) and Trevita (Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap).

She was a great-granddaughter of the French mare Armoise (foaled 1930) whose other descendants included Cobalt (Poule d'Essai des Poulains), Le Haar (sire of Exbury and Five Hope (Yushun Himba).

On her final appearance of the season L'Attrayante was stepped up to Group One level for the Prix Marcel Boussac over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 3 October.

Starting a 31/1 outsider she recovered from being hampered in the straight to finished fourth behind the British challenger Goodbye Shelley, Mysterieuse Etoile and Maximova.

[2] On her three-year-old debut L'Attrayante contested the Prix de la Grotte over 1600 metres on very soft ground) at Longchamp in April and finished third of the eleven runners behind Mysterieuse Etoile and Take A Step.

Mysterieuse Etoile and Goodbye Shelley were made joint favourites ahead of Maximova and Take A Step with L'Attrayante next in the betting on 12/1.

[4] L'Attrayante was off the track for over three months before returning in September when she was matched against male opposition and older horses in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp.

In the Yellow Ribbon Invitational Stakes at Santa Anita Park on 6 November she finished second to the five-year-old mare Sangue, with Royal Heroine, Luth Enchantee and Flame of Tara among the unplaced runners.

[5] L'Attrayante began her final season by running second in the Cecelia de Mille Harper Handicap at Bay Meadows in January and then finished second in an allowance at Santa Anita in the following month.