JEAN-CLAUDE Rouget has deserved a change of luck and a little came when he saddled Taareef to win the Group 2 Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein which the son of Kitten’s Joy had also won a year ago.

Christophe Soumillon never truly had an anxious moment on Taareef who was held up during the early part of the mile. The English contender Hathal hit the front one out but he faded to finish fourth as Taareef took control well into the final furlong. It was left to the up and coming Buthela to chase the winner home but he was still over a length adrift at the post. The German outsider Noor Al Hawa stayed on one-paced to take third position.

Taareef was winning his fifth group race and four have been at Chantilly. Hamdan Al Maktoum’s colt looks capable of taking a race at the highest level in the future, as Rouget confirmed: “Taareef was much calmer today and didn’t sweat up before the race. I was a little worried about his outside draw which meant him being held up early on. He can race again this season as he started late (Taareef was one of his top horses in the quarantine barn early on). There are races like the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup to consider.”

Andre Fabré supplemented Buthela into the Daniel Wildenstein and with good reason. This son of Acclamation is a must for the notebook. This was his first outing in a group race and he did not have the best of runs in the straight. He is entered in the Group 2 Challenge Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket on October 13th but that might come a bit quick.

Another Dollar for Barande-Barbe

Corine Barande-Barbe has now trained the first past the post in the Qatar Prix Dollar for the fifth time in eight years but the winner only four times as Cirrus Des Aigles was demoted after winning the Group 2 race in 2014 having won it in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

Last Saturday, she saddled her own Garlingari to first place after an excellent ride by Stephane Pasquier.

Robin Of Navan attempted to make all the running but Garlingari was always breathing down his neck. He took the lead running into the final furlong and bravely held off the rank outsider Subway Dancer by a short-neck, with the Sylvester Kirk-trained Salouen third as the favourite. Robin Of Navan faded into fifth place.

Garlingari was winning his second Group 2 and Barande-Barbe has ambitious plans for him. “He may turn out for the Prix du Conseil de Paris back here and maybe run again in the Hong Kong Vase. The victory of Garingari gives me a triple pleasure as I own, bred and train him.”

Considering Salouen is only a three-year-old, he ran an excellent race.