EARLIER in the afternoon last Sunday, Candarliya proved what a progressive filly she is by staying on to win the Group 3 Prix de Minerve in the hands of Alexis Badel as Christophe Soumillon was serving a suspension.

He gave the daughter of Dalakhani a fine ride by coming with a well-judged late run up the centre of the track to beat the 3/1 favourite Yaazy by three-parts of a length with the 5,000,000gns yearling Al Naamah the same distance away third.