THE decision of trainer Fabrice Vermeulen to supplement his Prix du Jockey Club sixth, Pretty Tiger, for the main supporting race at Saint Cloud last Sunday, the €130,000 Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam, was fully vindicated as the son of Sea The Moon made all the running and held off the previously unbeaten Caprice Des Dieux by a comfortable two lengths.

Much of the forecast rain missed the central Paris region but the ground was still riding soft, which suited Christophe Soumillon’s mount.