Paulele (foaled 7 October 2018) is a

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winning

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Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Paulele is a homebred of Godolphin by stallion Dawn Approach, who shuttled to Australia as a stallion between 2014 and 2018. Paulele is one of seven winners bred from her dam, Chatoyant. This makes Paulele a three-quarter brother to the 2013 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes winner, Montsegur, and a half-brother to the 2016

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winner Tessera.

Racing career

As a two-year-old, Paulele raced on five occasions for three victories, culminating in his first stakes win in the 2021 Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick when ridden by

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. Oliver commented on the horse after the race stating, "He is a bit of a weapon this horse”. At the age of three, Paulele was successful in the 2021

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when ridden by James McDonald and the 2022 Eskimo Prince Stakes when ridden by

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. Paulele would finish his three-year-old career with three minor placings at

level when running third in the T J Smith Stakes behind Nature Strip and second placings in the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford-Smith Cup. As a four-year-old, Paulele won the 2022 Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield, before winning his first Group 1 in the

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, when he came from last on the turn in a field of sixteen, to win by a head margin.

Pedigree

References

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