Make Believe a new star for Andre Fabre

Make Believe produced a smart performance to give Andre Fabre his sixth win in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) when making all from his stablemate New Bay at Longchamp yesterday.

Mon, 11 May, 2015 - 01:00
Colin Wilson

Olivier Peslier had the son of Makfi smartly out of the stalls and was soon in command on the far rail.

Mr Owen tried to put in a strong bid in the straight, but Make Believe continued to gallop on resolutely to win impressively. New Bay made eyecatching late headway from his wide draw to snatch second place ahead of Mr Owen, with Frankie Dettori’s mount Karar fourth.

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