Brametot (foaled 24 February 2014) is an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed considerable promise as a two-year-old in 2016 when he won three of his four races including the Listed Grand Critérium de Bordeaux. In the first half of his three-year-old campaign he developed into a top-class performer, winning the Prix de Fontainebleau, Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club. He was beaten in three subsequent races although he ran well to finish fifth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Background
Brametot is a bay horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by Jorge Cardemil de Rurange. In December 2014 he was put up for auction at the Arqana December Breeding Stock sale and was bought for €26,000 by Sylvain Vidal. He entered the ownership of Gerard Augustin-Normand & Mme E Vidal and was sent into training with Jean-Claude Rouget at Pau. He was ridden in all of his races by Cristian Demuro
He is from the first crop of foals sired by Rajsaman, a top-class performer who won the Prix Perth, Prix du Muguet and Prix Daniel Wildenstein. Brametot's dam Morning Light won two races in her native Germany and was a half-sister to Monsun.
Racing career
2016: two-year-old season
Brametot began his racing career in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1200 metres on soft ground at Deauville Racecourse on 17 June in which he started at odds of 6.8/1 and won by two lengths from the André Fabre-trained Xaarino. On 2 August at the same track, the colt started favourite for a race over 1500 metres and won by four lengths from Incampo and five others. At the end of the month Brametot started odds-on favourite for a race over 1600 metres at Deauville but was outpaced in the closing stages and was beaten three lengths into second place by High Alpha. The colt ended his season in the Listed Grand Critérium de Bordeaux over 1600 metres at Bordeaux Le Bouscat Racecourse on 11 October. Starting the 7/10 favourite he disputed the lead from the start, went to the front 600 metres from the finish and stayed on well to win by one and a half lengths from Samuna.
2017: three-year-old season
In 2017 Longchamp Racecourse was closed for redevelopment and the racecourse's major fixtures were moved to other tracks. Brametot made his first appearance of the season in the Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau, run that year over 1600 metres at Chantilly Racecourse on 16 April and started the 4.1/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Xaarino, Markazi (Prix Omnium II) and Spotify. Brametot started poorly and was detached from the field in last place in the early stages but made steady progress and moved into contention in the straight. He took the lead 200 metres from the finish and drew away to win "comfortably" by two and a half lengths from Stunning Spirit. After the race Jean-Claude Rouget, whose stable had been affected by a viral infection said "After what we have been through these past few weeks, it shows how you can be down one day and up the next... I know he was a little far back in the race, but that is the only way to ride him as he’d otherwise be too keen. Cristian rode him perfectly, he made his progress in stages and let him roll at the end." Shortly after the race a half-share in the colt's ownership was purchased by the Qatar-based Al Shaqab Racing.
The 2017 edition of the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains was run over 1600 metres at Deauville on 14 May and saw Brametot start the 4/1 second favourite behind the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner National Defense. The other eleven runners included Rivet, Orderofthegarter (Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes), Peace Envoy (Anglesey Stakes), South Seas (Solario Stakes) and Spotify. After racing towards the rear of the field Brametot made rapid progress on the stands-side approaching the last 200 metres, overtook Rivet and then got the better of Le Brivido in the final strides to win by a short head. Rouget commented "He should stay further and he won today because of his stamina. I'm delighted for the new owner partnership and for my team, as I had not won this race before. We will now take our time to decide on his future.