Announce leads the way for Abdullah

LEADING owner Khalid Abdullah enjoyed another notable big-race one-two as Announce just denied Timepiece in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville yesterday.

The four-year-old fillies had the race between them in the final furlong, and at one stage it looked as though Tom Queally would lift the Group One prize on the Henry Cecil-trained Timepiece.

Queally had his mount ideally placed in second as Lily Of The Valley made the running, moving smoothly to the front when he asked her to quicken.