The 3-year-old colt Study of Man has made quick study of the racing game. In just his fourth career start and first at the Group 1 level he captured the Prix du Jockey Club by a half-length on Sunday at Chantilly, beating 15 rivals and giving trainer Pascal Bary his sixth win in the French version of the Derby. Stephane Pasquier rode his first Prix du Jockey Club winner, capitalizing on Study of Man’s stamina by starting his final run nearly three furlongs from the finish. Study of Man, who had raced mid-pack and two or three paths off the inner rail, hit the front about 1 1/2 furlongs out and stayed on bravely, holding off several rivals nipping at his heels and beating second-place Patascoy by a half-length. Patascoy won a three-horse photo for second as 60-1 shot Louie d’Or finished a head behind the runner-up and a head in front of Intellogent. Olmedo, who was favored after wining the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the French 2000 Guineas, got a great trip and made the lead without being asked a quarter-mile out but failed to stay the 1 5/16 miles and faded to 13th. In fact, none of the horses exiting the Poulains showed up Sunday, and Study of Man was the only runner who already had proven himself over the Jockey Club’s extended trip, having done so with a comfortable win in the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe, his Derby prep. Bary raced Study of Man just once at age 2, when the colt won a one-mile maiden at Saint-Cloud, and after two starts this spring Study of Man stepped sweetly up to the highest level on Sunday. Study of Man was timed in 2:07.44 over soft ground in a relatively messy race that unfolded with the bulky field tightly bunched around it’s one sweeping turn. Several horses had hard-luck stories – Study of Man needed none. Study of Man was bred and is owned by the Niarchos family’s Flaxman Stables, and a day after the Japanese sire Deep Impact failed to land the Epsom Derby with his son, Saxon Warrior, he got the French version with Study of Man. Study of Man was produced by Second Happiness, making him a full brother to Tale of Life, campaigned in the U.S. by trainer Graham Motion. Study of Man’s second dam is the great Miesque, two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile. *** Waldgeist easily in Grand Prix de Chantilly Waldgeist missed by a head one year ago in the Prix du Jockey Club but one race before this year’s edition of the race he left no doubt in the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly, winning by three lengths over Dschingis Secret. Trained by Andre Fabre, Waldgeist appears to be a 4-year-old on the rise, and after failing to win during his 3-year-old campaign he has captured back-to-back races this spring in France. Fabre also sent out the defined favorite, Cloth of Stars, who did little running, fading through the final furlong to cross the line sixth of seven runners. *** Masar, who won the Epsom Derby on Saturday in England, seems likely to make his next start June 30 in the Irish Derby. Also possible for that race, but also being considered for the Eclipse Stakes against older horses, is Saxon Warrior, the odds-on Epsom Derby favorite who checked in a well-beaten fourth.