WHAT a weekend it was for the Wertheimer brothers, as they won three pattern races in France with homebreds, and were runners-up in a fourth.

Pride of place goes to their three-year-old colt Sosie, a son of Sea The Stars (Cape Cross). Making just his fifth start, and recording a third success, Sosie was Group/Grade 1 winner number 22 for the Gilltown Stud stallion, and the reaction following his success in the Grand Prix de Paris from Illinois was to shorten his odds for the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on the first Sunday in October. Sosie was runner-up in a listed race and third in the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club-French Derby on the only occasions he was beaten.