Sahlan (Ire)

Coming into Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp very much under the radar, Al Shaqab's Sahlan (Wootton Bassett) became the latest of Francis Graffard's brigade to enter the spotlight during the trainer's unforgettable year. Edging a tight photo ahead of Rosallion (Blue Point), the highly-regarded three-year-old whose finest hour prior to this had been a latest win in the G3 Prix Daphnis landed odds of 16-1 from racing's relentless hard-luck story. Securing an unexpected eighth top-level victory for the stable in 2025, Mickael Barzalona thrust him to a...

It was tight between the unexposed pair Ridari (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}) and Sahlan (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) at the end of Sunday's G3 Prix de Fontainebleau at ParisLongchamp, but where it counted the photo showed the former on top to kick off a notable double for The Aga Khan's Studs. Last seen breaking his maiden over this mile trip on Chantilly's Polytrack in November, the Mikel Delzangles-trained 7-1 shot was squeezed exiting the stalls in this trial for the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and ended up in last with...