Craft stars in Paris

EX-AUSTRALIAN runner Starcraft repaid the faith of trainer Luca Cumani and owner Paul Makin as he lifted the Group One Netjets Prix du Moulin at Longchamp yesterday.

The five-year-old joined Cumani’s yard over the winter after notching up a string of big-race wins in Australia but he had recently been sidelined by a stress fracture of his pelvis, which was discovered after a disappointing run in the Coral-Eclipse.

Starcraft was sent off at 13-2 to grab a first European slice of glory and jockey Christophe Lemaire had him smartly away and took up an early lead.