THE main supporting race on the Prix de Diane undercard was the Prix Hocquart Longines and it produced a renewal below the quality you would expect for a Group 2 contest. That was no great bombshell given that this race has not had an outstanding winner since Hurricane Run in 2005.

It went the way of the Charlie Appleby-trained British raider Al Hilalee under a well-judged front-running ride from James Doyle.