RUNNER-UP in a pair of listed races at Longchamp and Toulouse, Penne comes from a solid, if undistinguished, female line. Under her own first three dams there are a total of just three blacktype winners, two of them listed scorers on the flat in France (one at the little-known Agen), and the third is a Grade 2 winner over fences at Cheltenham. Now, Penne has lifted the family to an unprecedented level, with six winners from eight runners. In addition to her two Group 1 winners, the others include the stakes-placed Dogma (Mount Nelson).

The latest Group 1 winner out of Penne is Mqse De Sevigne, and her win in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild gave her sire, the Aga Khan Studs’ Siyouni (Pivotal), his tenth winner at the highest level. It also came in a memorable week for the stallion, as his son Paddington landed his fourth Group 1 victory in succession, running away with the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.