Ryan Moore performed another great escape at Chantilly on Sunday when guiding Camille Pissarro to success in the Prix du Jockey Club.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt had a dream run on the inside rail for most of the 10-furlong contest but had a wall of three horses in front of him with two furlongs (400 metres) to run.

Moore managed to find a seam between the weakening Bowmark and front-running Trinity College with over a furlong to race and hit the front with about 150 metres to run. Andre Fabre's Cualificar and the John and Thady Gosden-trained Detain stayed on very well to take the minor places but Camille Pissarro was always holding them and won by half a length and a neck.

Trinity College did remarkably well to hold on for fourth spot, just in front of the Aga Khan-owned pair of Azimpour and Ridari.

By Wootton Bassett out of the Pivotal mare Entreat, Camille Pissarro was bred by James Cloney of Clara Stud in Co Kilkenny. The breeder sold him to M.V. Magnier of Coolmore Stud for 1.25 million guineas at the 2023 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Winner of the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagadere last season, Camille Pissarro was noted finishing fast in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains last month when third behind stablemate Henri Matisse.

Camille Pissarro is a half-brother to Group 1 sprinter Golden Horde (by Lethal Force) and listed race winner Line Of Departure (by Mehmas).

The dam Entreat was bred and raced by Cheveley Park Stud. When trained by Sir Michael Stoute she won a modest maiden and was sold for just 14,000gns.

At last year's Tattersalls December Yearling Sale Cloney sold a Dark Angel half-sister to Camille Pissarro for 900,000gns to agent Henry Lascelles.

O’Brien said: “Ryan was prepared to wait today and had to ride him to try to get the trip, which was an unknown. Obviously Ryan had a lovely draw and different to the [French] Guineas where he was wide all the way.

“We thought he was a top-class horse last year and he went to the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot as our number one horse.

“He is a big, powerful horse and was obviously a bit weak and then progressed as the year went on. He’s got a big frame – a big, rangy horse with a lovely mind and it takes a very good horse to keep taking his training, as he was growing last year and at the same time running one big race after another.

“We thought he was just getting there but getting a little bit tired previously. But he was always a special individual and showed the ability of a top-class Group 1 horse.

“We saw it on Arc day and we saw it again when he ran in the French Guineas and Christophe (Soumillon, jockey) said no problem, take him to the French Derby. It was lovely ground here, Ryan was over the moon when he saw the draw and Ryan gave him a masterclass.”

Moore added: “He was very straightforward and I thought we had a lovely stall. He began nicely and relaxed into a rhythm and I was able to make ground smoothly from halfway.

“We got quite strung out but he was very smooth and I just had to show a bit of patience, wait for the run to present itself, then took it.

“It was a very smart performance from a horse who just seems to be getting better.

“He’s always been a good-looking horse and highly thought of. I just wasn’t getting it quite right on him and Christophe has shown me how to ride him and he recommended this race and it all worked out beautifully.”

Camille Pissarro joins O’Brien’s St Mark’s Basilica on the Chantilly roll of honour, with the Ballydoyle handler minded to keep options open for the future, admitting he would not be against a return to a mile.

O’Brien added: “He’s a perfectly proportioned son of Wootton Bassett and although a mile and a quarter is obviously fine, I think going back to a mile would be no problem for him.

“We go from race to race and find out every two weeks how the horses are. It’s then we decide what plan to make and we go with the flow. You can’t be sure this horse would get a mile and a half but he obviously is a class horse.”