Queen Catrine, who was just touched off in the Sandringham Handicap a Royal Ascot last summer, ended a two-year losing streak in the At The Races Sky 415 Fillies’ Conditions Stakes at Leicester yesterday.

“Sizzled, suffered, then won” – that was how L’Equipe chose to set the tone for what was a day of high drama at the Stade de la Mosson on Saturday.

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