HAVING opened her winning account in a nine-furlong maiden at Hanshin on March 15th, the three-year-old Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) filly Des Ailes stepped up in class at the weekend to land the Listed Sweetpea Stakes at Tokyo over the same trip.

She is the first foal, winner and runner for the 2014 dual classic winner Avenir Certain (translates as certain to come up), a daughter of the prominent French stallion Le Havre (Noverre). He stands at Haras de Montfort & Preaux and this year his fee is €50,000. Avenir is one of four Group 1 winners he has sired, alongside Suedois, La Cressonniere and Villa Marina.