Moulin Surprise As Farhh’s Tribalist Doesn’t Come Back

[Wandering Eyes]

He was the underestimated one in the line-up for Sunday's G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, but everything was in place for the front-running soft-ground specialist Tribalist (GB) (Farhh {GB}–Fair Daughter {GB}, by Nathaniel {Ire}) to deliver a career-best and take the prestigious prize from under the noses of the miling elite. Predictably placed on the lead soon after the start by Mickael Barzalona, the Andre Fabre-trained 5-year-old who had made an artform of winning pattern races in this style was expected to come back eventually but it just never happened.

Expertly guided throughout, the 20-1 shot simply had too much rope turning for home as the 7-10 favourite Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and the two 3-year-old sons of Dubawi (Ire), Henry Longfellow (Ire) and Notable Speech (GB), struggled to cut back the deficit. At the line, Godolphin's stalwart had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Charyn, with Henry Longfellow another three lengths behind in third and Notable Speech only fifth having appeared not to handle the soft ground. The eighth black-type win of the Car Colston Hall Stud-bred Tribalist, whose previous best efforts had come in the last two runnings of the G2 Prix du Muguet, extends Andre Fabre's record to eight in the race, with Soviet Star having provided his first in 1988 and Persian King (Ire) his most recent four years ago.

 

Le grand numéro de !

Le représentant de la casaque @godolphin (@mickaelbarzalon / A. Fabre) crée la surprise dans le Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1) ce dimanche à @paris_longchamp

Le favori de l'épreuve Charyn se contente de la pic.twitter.com/HXQ1DOK5j4

— Equidia (@equidia) September 8, 2024

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