TRAINER Criquette Head said before the Prix Vermeille that Treve (38) would not be given a hard race.

Jockey Thierry Jarnet rode her accordingly. He held her up in last place, brought her down the outside with a late run and gave her just two light taps with the whips as she closed into fourth - compared with the six, seven and five real cracks of the whip received by the first three.