SUNDAY’S ParisLongchamp feature, the mile and a quarter Group 3 Morocco Cup La Coupe, was a very messy affair which saw the British-trained favourite, First Sitting, trail home in last having been badly struck into, and jockey Mickael Barzalona pick up an eight-day ban for dangerous riding.

Dallas Affair, a four-year-old Soldier Hollow filly trained by Freddy Head and ridden by Aurelien Lemaitre, avoided all the scrimmaging and took advantage of the new false rail, skimming up the inside to beat the fast-finishing Marathon Man by three-quarters of a length.