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| Group 1, ParisLongchamp 17:00 £312,500 guaranteed, 3yo plus, Class 1, 6f 211y  |
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1 Kinross 17/10F
2 Malavath 16/1
3 Entscheiden 35/1
10 ran Distances: 2l, 1l, 1½l
Time: 1m 24.40s (slow by 5.60s)
Kinross is a superb winner of the Group One Qatar Prix de la Foret @paris_longchamp under @FrankieDettori for @RalphBeckett pic.twitter.com/YmBChrPv0x https://t.co/WEIPcCQt8V via @RacingBetter
— RacingBetter (@RacingBetter) October 2, 2022
Fourth in the race 12 months ago, Ralph Beckett’s Kinross arrived in the rudest of health, having won Group Twos at York and Doncaster on his last two starts.
Back up to the highest level, Dettori was trapped wide through the early stages but the veteran Italian knew what he had underneath him and was happy to take his medicine.
He tracked Fang into the closing stages before being sending Kinross to win the race and the gelding quickened up impressively. Malavath chased him home at a respectable distance but Kinross was in a different league.
Beckett said: “He’s bred for this ground, out of a Selkirk mare who loved it, and he came here in a really good place.
“Apart from getting beaten in the Lennox, he’s done it all year. Unless Tenebrism saw out the trip on this ground, I felt he would be tough to beat and that is how it proved.
“It’s great for Marc (Chan, owner) – what a year he’s had, with different horses, not just one.
“He’ll probably go to the Breeders’ Cup Mile now, we’ve always fancied that for him. I’d fancy the Champions Sprint for him as well, but that hasn’t happened for us and we’ll probably go to Kentucky.
“Last year I think we got too far back, Frankie would agree but it doesn’t matter now because he came good today.”
Dettori said: “He came here in great form. Last year we had a bad draw and were too far back, this horse is two lengths better this year.
“His confidence was sky high today. Ralph has done a great job, we were confident of a big show and that is what he did.
“I kept it simple, sat mid-division and when I pressed the button, he hits a 100-yard flat spot but the turbo then kicks in and he puts the race to bed very quickly.
“He was by far my best chance of the day. I really liked Torquator Tasso in the Arc but when the draw came out it made it tough.
“He ran a super race but it would have been very difficult to beat Alpinista today, she looked incredible.”
Qatar Prix De La Foret (Group 1)
£312,500 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 6f 211y, Class 1
10 ran
Going: Very Soft
POS. (DRAW) FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (9) Kinross 5 9-2 Ralph Beckett Frankie Dettori 17/10F
2 (7) 2 Malavath 3 8-10 F-H Graffard Christophe Soumillon 16/1
3 (4) 1 Entscheiden 7 9-2 Yoshito Yahagi Ryusei Sakai 35/1
4 (6) 1½ Goldistyle 4 8-13 C Laffon-Parias Christophe-Patrice Lemaire 18/1
5 (1) snk Tenebrism 3 8-10 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 13/5
6 (3) ½ New Energy 3 9-0 Ms Sheila Lavery W J Lee 11/1
7 (5) 1½ Fang 4 9-2 J-C Rouget Cristian Demuro 31/5
8 (10) 2 Mangoustine 3 8-10 M Delzangles Gerald Mosse 17/1
9 (8) 1¾ Sandrine 3 8-10 Andrew Balding David Probert 10/1
10 (2) 1¼ Accakaba 3 8-10 C Ferland Maxime Guyon 24/1
