Pride conjures fall of Hurricane

HURRICANE RUN suffered a shock defeat, and only the second of his career, when narrowly beaten by Pride at Saint-Cloud yesterday.

Running left-handed for the first time, last year’s Arc de Triomphe hero was caught in the dying strides by Alain de Royer-Dupre’s mare in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.

Much of the racing world had expected Hurricane Run to have an easy warm-up prior to a tilt at next month’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, but it was not to be.