Ribchester oozes class in Marois to turn the tables on Galileo Gold

Ribchester gave what Richard Fahey described as “the biggest win of my career” with a performance that oozed class in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville yesterday.

The Godolphin-owned colt looked unlucky when finishing like a proverbial train in the Sussex Stakes and backed up that view by comprehensively turning the tables with Galileo Gold who, according to Frankie Dettori, ran too freely.

It was Andre Fabre’s Vadamos that proved the biggest obstacle to overcome for William Buick and Ribchester, but they did so with a smart change of gear to seize the advantage inside the distance and score going away by three-quarters of a length.