Miss just perfect for Fabre

Andre Fabre has been a force to be reckoned with on his visits across the Channel for over two decades and finally completed a full set of British Classics through the appropriately-named Miss France in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

An 100 per cent record with runners on the Rowley Mile from the last two seasons had already been maintained through Esoterique in the Qatar Bloodstock Dahlia Stakes, while his big-race heroine had been victorious on the course during the autumn.

Miss France (7-1) had narrowly beaten Lightning Thunder in that Oh So Sharp Stakes back in September and it was the same filly, a dream first Classic runner for young Olly Stevens, who pushed her hardest again as she charged home just a neck in arrears.