Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
Group 1, ParisLongchamp 16:25
€210,000 added,
2yo plus,
Class 1, 4f 213y    
Sunday 4th October 2020

1 Wooded 6/1
2 Glass Slippers 15/8F
3 Liberty Beach 8/1
11 ran Distances: nk, snk, 1l
Time: 58.52s (slow by 1.72s)

Kevin Ryan’s Glass Slippers was aiming to become the first since Lochsong to win the Abbaye twice – but a draw in stall 10 made Tom Eaves’ task all the more difficult.

Glass Slippers broke well, though, and Eaves was able to get a prominent position on the outside and looked to have every chance.

But Wooded made full advantage of stall two and Pierre-Charles Boudot got a dream run throughout on the rail.

Entering the final furlong Frankie Dettori appeared to be going as well as anything on John Quinn’s Liberty Beach, but the very testing ground just took its toll close home.

Just as Wooded appeared to have seen off her main contender, Glass Slippers came with one last lunge, determined to hold on to her crown, but she had to admit a brave defeat.

Prix De L'Abbaye De Longchamp (Group 1)
€210,000 added, 2yo plus, 5f, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Heavy

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (2)     Wooded 3 9-11 F-H Graffard P C Boudot 6/1
2 (10) nk Glass Slippers 4 9-7 Kevin Ryan Tom Eaves 15/8F
3 (4) hd Liberty Beach 3 9-7 John Quinn Frankie Dettori 8/1
4 (8) 1 Lady In France 4 9-7 K R Burke Olivier Peslier 25/1
5 (6) ½ Keep Busy 3 9-7 John Quinn Ryan Moore 8/1
6 (7) nk Air De Valse 4 9-7 Mme C Barande-Barbe Richard Thomas 14/1
7 (3) ½ Batwan 5 9-11 P Sogorb Maxime Guyon 25/1
8 (11) ½ Make A Challenge 21 5 9-11 Denis Gerard Hogan Joe Doyle 4/1
9 (5) ¾ Sestilio Jet 5 9-11 Andrea Marcialis C Demuro 33/1
10 (1) 3 Archer's Dream 4 9-7 James Fanshawe Tom Marquand 12/1
11 (9) 4½ Livachope 2 8-4 Jane Soubagne Anthony Crastus 33/1

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