Fabulous result for Fabre at Longchamp
Be Fabulous gave trainer Andre Fabre his seventh Prix Royal-Oak win, and his first since 2000, with a smooth success at Longchamp.
Jockey Maxime Guyon, registering his first triumph in the French equivalent of the St Leger, brought the Godolphin-owned filly with a telling run in the straight.
Cavalryman, carrying the blue colours of Godolphin, had made most of the running after taking over from Clive Cox’s Electrolyser but was a sitting duck as they straightened up for home.
Be Fabulous got first run on her rivals and pulled clear to score by a length and three-quarters from Miss Lago with Shankardeh third. Cavalryman was fifth and Electrolyser seventh.
