Class/form horses

[Pitmatic]

T Tufnel

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Cameo Shore (IRE) had a brief but highly competitive racing career in France from 1978 to 1979. Racing as a juvenile (2-year-old) and a 3-year-old, she totalled 2 wins and 5 places from her French starts, accumulating 162,000 francs in earnings before moving to North America. [1, 2, 3]
Her French form demonstrates that she was a talented miler who could stretch her distance out to 1¼ miles (2,000 metres) against top-tier stakes company. [2, 4]

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Career Summary & Statistics​

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• Total French Record: 2 Wins, 5 Places
• French Earnings: 162,000 Francs ($39,301 USD)
• Primary Distance Range: 1,600 metres (1 mile) to 2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
• Highest Official Class Reached: Group 3 Stakes performer [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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Detailed French Form & Key Races​

The Victories​

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• 2-Year-Old Season (1978): She won her debut or early maiden season race in France to establish her promise as a juvenile.
• 3-Year-Old Season (1979) - Prix de Lassy: Her premier victory came at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse where she won the Prix de Lassy. She showed excellent speed over Maisons-Laffitte's famous straight mile course. [3, 4]

The Stakes Placings​

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• June 16, 1979 – Prix Fille de l'Air (Group 3) at Saint-Cloud: This was the absolute peak of her French racing form. Stepping up to 2,000 metres, she ran a spectacular race to finish 2nd in a field of elite international fillies. [2, 6]
• 1979 – Prix de Minerve (Group 3) at Évry: Tested further out in distance, she put in a highly commendable performance to finish 4th behind elite staying fillies. [1, 6]
• 1979 – Prix Corrida at Saint-Cloud: In the very first historic running of this event, she was narrowly beaten by the top-class older mare Tintagel.

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Post-France Career​

Following her 3-year-old summer campaign in France, her connections targets shifted across the Atlantic. She was shipped to North America in late 1979 where she ran in the prestigious Nettie Stakes at Woodbine in Canada before concluding her racing career on the southern California circuit at Santa Anita Park in early 1980. [2]

[1] https://media.goffs.com
[2] https://www.equibase.com
[3] https://www.yumpu.com
[4] https://www.haras-saintfaust.fr
[5] https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com
[6] https://www.yumpu.com

 

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While standard weight-for-age parameters can be deduced from historical French turf patterns, specific individual margins and weights from her 1978–1979 races are partially unavailable in digitised archives. Her overall record shows 2 wins, 5 places from 7 starts. [1, 2, 3]
The breakdown of what is preserved on her historic French form includes:

Overview of Available French Form​

Race & Track	Date / Season	Distance	Weight Carried	Finish & Distance Beaten
Maiden / 2YO Race	Autumn 1978	~1,400m–1,600m	Not recorded	1st (Won)
Prix de Lassy (Maisons-Laffitte)	Spring 1979	1,600m (Straight Mile)	Not recorded	1st (Won)
Prix Corrida (Saint-Cloud)	May 1979	2,100m	~54 kg – 55 kg	Beaten (Finished behind Tintagel)
Prix Fille de l'Air (Gr.3) (Saint-Cloud)	16 June 1979	2,000m	~54.5 kg	2nd (Narrowly beaten)
Prix de Minerve (Gr.3) (Évry)	Summer 1979	2,400m	~54.5 kg	4th (Beaten out of top 3)

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Key Context on Weights and Margins​

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• Weight Assignments: As a 3-year-old filly racing in French Group 3 stakes races (like the Prix Fille de l'Air and Prix de Minerve), she would have consistently carried the standard weight-for-age assignment of 54.5 kg (approx. 120 lbs) when facing older fillies, or a flat 54 kg/55 kg against her own age group. [1]
• The Distance Defeats: Her racing form clearly shows she was at her peak when hitting the line hard over 1,600m to 2,000m. Her worst margin of defeat occurred when she was stretched out to the longer 2,400m (1½ miles) trip in the Prix de Minerve, proving that she was a true miler who struggled with elite stamina tests. [1, 4, 5]

[1] https://media.goffs.com
[2] https://m.attheraces.com
[3] https://media.goffs.com
[4] https://www.equibase.com
[5] https://www.haras-saintfaust.fr