Aventure claims first Group 1 as Whirl disappoints
OUT OF SORTS: Whirl, seen here on the gallops at Ballydoyle last week, trailed in last in Sunday's Qatar Prix Vermeille at ParisLongchamp.
Picture: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Aventure went one better than 12 months ago to seal top honours for the first time in the Qatar Prix Vermeille at ParisLongchamp in which Whirl was a bitter disappointment.
Second to Ralph Beckett's Bluestocking in 2024, the Group 1 event proved an exceptional trial for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, with the duo filling the same positions in the French capital a month later.
