WHILE the Grand Prix success represented only the fourth victory at group level for Marcialis, two hours earlier André Fabre registered the 800th pattern score of his unparalleled training career when Persian King landed the €90,000 Group 2 Prix du Muguet over a mile.

This was another step in the rehabilitation of last year’s Prix du Jockey Club runner-up, who had not raced for more than a year prior to his surprise defeat at the hands of his stablemate, Magny Cours, in listed company on June 10th.