Tropbeau too beautiful for rivals as Fabre and Bamford strike at Deauville

Hot on the heels of Suphala, Lady Bamford looks to have a smart prospect among her French string after Tropbeau ran out a convincing winner of the Group 3 Prix Six Perfections, a race that has thrown up a decent winner on more than one occasion.

Trainer Andre Fabre gave the daughter of Showcasing – bought for €180,000 purchase at the Arqana Breeze-Up sale in May – her debut over five and a half furlongs in June but Tropbeau showed more when winning easily over this trip on her second start a month later.

She confirmed all that promise here with a two-and-a-half-length defeat of Alocasia, while the Richard Hannon-trained Sesame Birah finished best of the three British runners in fourth.

Overnight rain had turned conditions soft but racing manager Hugo Lascelles does not think that is a prerequisite for Tropbeau.

"The owners are really pleased. She has a good action and she'll go on any ground, although Andre felt the soft ground did not inconvenience her," he said.

"There are no immediate plans but she looked to do it comfortably and the trainer was pleased. She's only a medium-sized filly but she has a good pedigree and we'll hopefully be able to go up in class."

Peslier and Laffon back in familiar groove

The sight of Olivier Peslier in the canary yellow silks of Dario Hinojosa has become more and more familiar in recent seasons and, following on from the brother and sister act of Recoletos and Castellar, they now have another standard-bearer in Villa Marina.

Peslier was his usual unhurried self in the Group 3 Prix de Psyche behind a more sustained pace than can often be the case in middle-distance races at Deauville.

Olivier Peslier guides Villa Marina back after winning the Prix de PsycheCredit: Racing Post / Scott Burton

However, as the field fanned out across the straight the pair slipped up the inside of leader Romanciere before holding the challenge of Edisa, who was forced to come the long way round.

"She was entered in the Classics but as I hadn't won a maiden with her I couldn't go that route," said trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias.

"There's the Prix de la Nonette here in three weeks but that could come a bit quick and I don't want to be greedy. We'll probably let her get over this and wait for September."

Last seen when second to Mehdaayih in the Prix de Malleret, Edisa went at least some way to boosting that filly's chances in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood next week.

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