This year Avenir Certain (36-pace adjusted 38) maintained the high strike-rate for unbeaten runners when extending her winning streak to five in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks), following up her earlier success in the Pouliches (French 1000).

She was about eight lengths back rounding the home turn with three furlongs left to run and produced a tremendous finishing run down the wide outside. She completed the last three furlongs in around 33 seconds flat by my reckoning.