Sea The Moon’s Rayif Electric In The Francois Boutin

[Wandering Eyes]

Providing a welcome winner for The Aga Khan Studs on the Deauville card they sponsored in its entirety, Rayif (Sea The Moon) lit up the G3 Prix Francois Boutin with a display that shouted Classic potential. A narrow winner over six furlongs here last month, the half-brother to the Commonwealth Cup third Rayevka brushed aside Ballydoyle's 7-10 favourite Daytona (Wootton Bassett) with a furlong remaining and surged to the line for a 2 1/2-length success. The Coventry fourth Andab (Saxon Warrior) denied Daytona second by a head.

“I thought he did it very convincingly and his half-sister is very good and very fast, so we seem to be bringing out the speed of that family,” Princess Zahra Aga Khan said of the exciting Francis-Henri Graffard trainee. “He was still very green today and we can hope that he might run in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.”

Impressive!

Rayif is a half-brother to classy sprinter Rayevka and wins the Group Three @AgaKhanStuds Prix Francois Boutin in emphatic fashion! pic.twitter.com/T9NPVmGRBp

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) August 17, 2025

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