THE best three-year-old in France in 2010 over middle distances, Lope De Vega completed the same classic double of the Poule d’Essai and the French Derby as his sire Shamardal. He has made a great start to his stud career, with 13 group winners in his first three seasons, among them the champion two-year-old Belardo and the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Jemayel.