LAST Tuesday in France the progeny of two top-class racemares visited the winner’s enclosure. Zarkava’s son Zarak looks to be potential classic material following his second start and second success, while One Foot In Heaven was a deserving stakes winner for his dam, the multiple Group 1 winner Pride.

A daughter of Peintre Celebre, Pride is the best winner sired by that Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winning son of Nureyev. She won three Group 1 races and in three different countries. They were the Champion Stakes at Newmarket, the Hong Kong Cup and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and they were all gained as a six-year-old.