THERE have been some great winners of Longchamp’s Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan over the years, not least Goldikova and Cirrus Des Aigles, but this year’s victor Zabeel Prince still has quite a way to go to equal them.

Not only were there less than four lengths covering the first seven home in Sunday’s race, sectional analysis suggests that he might have been fortunate to hold off the runner-up Study Of Man and fourth-placed Intellogent, both of whom were never nearer.