Whistlejacket repels Rashabar to take Morny glory
Whistlejacket and Ryan Moore win for owners Peter Brant & Coolmore Partners and trainer Aidan O'Brien in the Sumbe Prix Morney (Group 1) at
Whistlejacket saw off the late thrust of Rashabar to provide trainer Aidan O’Brien with a fifth victory in the Sumbe Prix Morny at Deauville.
Winner of Newmarket’s July Stakes before finding Babouche too strong in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh last weekend, Whistlejacket was a 2-1 favourite to follow in the hoofprints of Orpen (1998), Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001) and Blackbeard (2022) by claiming Group One success in France.
