JEAN-CLAUDE Rouget has deserved a change of luck and a little came when he saddled Taareef to win the Group 2 Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein which the son of Kitten’s Joy had also won a year ago.

Christophe Soumillon never truly had an anxious moment on Taareef who was held up during the early part of the mile. The English contender Hathal hit the front one out but he faded to finish fourth as Taareef took control well into the final furlong. It was left to the up and coming Buthela to chase the winner home but he was still over a length adrift at the post. The German outsider Noor Al Hawa stayed on one-paced to take third position.