BATEEL was sent to France with the hope that cut in the ground would prevail more than in England. Last Sunday, the daughter of Dubawi ran on well on good going to take the Group 2 Haras Firmamento Prix de Pomone in the hands of Pierre-Charles Boudot at Deauville.

After Olivier Peslier employed waiting in front tactics on Traffic Jam, Bateel took command one furlong out to win, with a certain authority, by a neck. Ryan Moore was on the favourite Abingdon. She flattered a little in the straight but was one-paced at the end of the 12 and a half-furlong trip and finished third.