JAMES Garfield made a valiant attempt to win the Group 1 Larc Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville on Sunday.

Fast away on the far side from stall 20 of 20, George Scott’s horse led a small group of three over there, and he looked a likely winner when Frankie Dettori kicked him two lengths clear on the run to the furlong pole. He was just run down close home by last year’s Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Polydream but it was a gallant effort by the runner-up.