HOT-favourite Battaash proved a bitter disappointment as Kevin Ryan’s filly Glass Slippers ran out a dominant winner of the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye at ParisLongchamp.

So impressive when landing this race two years ago, the Charlie Hills-trained Battaash was the odds-on market leader to regain his crown off the back of what was arguably a career-best performance in the Nunthorpe at York in August.