'Six Perfections showed her greatest quality, her pure acceleration'

Pascal Bary took out a licence in 1980 and has since compiled a record around the world that makes him one of France’s biggest success stories. In just his second year he saddled Deep Roots to land the Group 1 Prix Morny and the Prix Salamandre in the colours of Corine Barande-Barbe. Bary, 63, has five wins in the Prix du Jockey Club to his name, while British Classic success came when Natagora landed the 1,000 Guineas in 2008. He won his first Breeders’ Cup when Miss Alleged pulled off a 42-1 shock under Eric Legrix in the 1991 Turf and registered back-to-back wins in the Mile courtesy of Domedriver [2002] and the brilliant Six Perfections [2003], who he trained for principal supporters the Niarchos family.

Dream Well
Sadler’s Wells - Soul Dream
Biggest wins: 1998 Prix du Jockey Club and Irish Derby

It was great to have the first two in the Jockey Club. I suppose Croco Rouge was the more fancied of the two because he had won the Prix Lupin but 2,400 metres [a mile and a half] was probably too far for him. He showed how good he was over an intermediate trip at four when he won the Prix d’Ispahan. Dream Well was the horse who brought the Niarchos family into the yard, although he was half-owned by Monsieur Bouchard. He didn’t make his reserve at the yearling sale in Deauville so Monsieur Bouchard bought him and Maria [Niarchos] kept half. The deal was he would carry the Bouchard silks at two and the Niarchos colurs at three but unfortunately he never ran as a juvenile! He put in some good performances as a four-year-old, for example running very well in the Coronation Cup. And he was beaten only a nose in the Turf Classic International at Belmont. He still stands at Le Fresnay.