Heartbreak for Nashwa after being collared by 66-1 outsider Place Du Carrousel

Sunday: Prix de l'Opera Longines, Longchamp

A heroic front-running effort from star filly Nashwa came up just short in the Prix de l'Opera as a sprinkling of Mickael Barzalona magic saw 66-1 shot Place Du Carrousel pull off a shock success for Andre Fabre.

It was a case of winning the battle but losing the war for Hollie Doyle on 2-1 favourite Nashwa, having appeared to have put the race to bed a furlong out after a prolonged battle with Oaks scorer Tuesday. She traded as low as 1-2 in-running on Betfair.

Barzalona had the final say, though, as he galvanised a determined effort out of Place Du Carrousel to swoop and conquer by three-quarters of a length in the final strides of a high-quality Group 1.

The unlikely victory gave Fabre and Barzalona a 1,138-1 double on European racing's biggest day and the trainer is now sizing up a crack at the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf with the three-year-old winner, who is owned by Al Shaqab Racing and Ballylinch Stud.

A Group 3 winner in the Prix Cleopatre at Saint-Cloud in April, Place Du Carrousel showed significant potential when runner-up to Above The Curve in the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary in May but missed 105 days after finishing well down the field behind Nashwa in the Prix de Diane.

Mickael Barzalona timed his run to perfection on Place Du CarrouselCredit: Alan Crowhurst (Getty Images)

"She was a big price but you have to run and have to try – it's racing," said Fabre.

"She has always shown a lot but the [softer] ground probably made the difference. We had been waiting for an autumn campaign with her. She got a little sore after the summer ground and just needed a bit of time. I was pleased with her."

Betfair Sportsbook introduced the winner at 8-1 for her potential Keeneland assignment on November 5.

Fabre added: "She's a big, scopey filly with a pedigree that suggests she will train on. The Breeders' Cup could be an option for her next. If not, she will probably stay in training and run over a mile and a half next season. She should have some good options."

Nashwa's joint-trainer John Gosden was left to rue a wide draw for his Group 1 hat-trick seeker.

Gosden said: "She ran a blinder, a wonderful race. She didn't get much of a breather. We were drawn in stall 13 and Tuesday [who faded to sixth] had a horrible draw as well in stall 16. They both had to make a lot of use of themselves early and it costs you at the other end when you're beaten by a horse from a lower draw [in stall eight], but that's racing. I have no idea at this stage as to whether she'll have another run this season."

Joseph O'Brien could also be Keeneland-bound with third-placed Above The Curve, who stayed on to be beaten just three-quarters of a length.

O'Brien said: "We'd like the ground a bit better for her but we're proud of her run. She looks like a four-year-old type [for next season] and we'll have a think about whether she might go to the Breeders' Cup next."

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