Silver Frost takes Longchamp prize

Silver Frost ran out an impressive winner of the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) at Longchamp today.

Christophe Soumillon brought the Verglas colt with a withering run down the wide outside and he went away to beat Le Havre and Naaqoos comfortably.

Johnny Murtagh did not get a clear run at a crucial stage as Westphalia was engaging top gear and flashed home to claim fourth without ever really looking like winning.

The Yves de Nicolay-trained three-year-old has now won six of his nine starts and beat Westphalia last time out when they met in the Prix de Fontainebleau.

There was a strong early gallop set up front but Freddie Head's Naaqoos still ran very keen and did not help his chances at all.

Eventually he did very well to stick on for third but Le Havre ultimately confirmed the form of their run in the Prix Djebel.

Jim Bolger's Vocalised got worked up a little bit before going into the stalls and Kevin Manning never looked to be happy at any stage.

Ultimately the winner, owned by Harrogate-based businessman John Cotton, looked in a different league.