Mqse De Sevigne pips stablemate in Prix Rothschild at Deauville

Mqse De Sevigne led home an Andre Fabre-trained one-two in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville on Sunday afternoon.

Fabre had won the Group One contest five times in the past and became the race's leading trainer as his consistent four-year-old Mqse De Sevigne came home ahead of stablemate Life In Motion.

Jockey Alexis Pouchin, who was winning at the highest level for the first time, was in no rush aboard the filly as Prix Jean Prat runner-up Sauterne and Kelina led the field along, with Ralph Beckett’s race favourite Remarquee travelling powerfully on the wing and Royal Ascot winner Rogue Millennium held up in rear.

As the likes of Remarquee began to wane in the closing stages, the stealthily ridden Fabre pair emerged as the main dangers to the ever-game Sauterne and it was Mqse De Sevigne who had a bit extra in the tank as she led home a one-two-three for the home team, fittingly in the colours of the Rothschild family.

The winner, who returned 117-10 on the PMU and an industry SP of 12-1, had been campaigning over 10 furlongs but her owner was persuaded by Fabre to drop the filly back in trip.