Treve suffers her first defeat Arc heroine Treve suffered the first defeat of her career when she was outbattled by the top-class veteran Cirrus Des Aigles in the Prix Ganay at Longchamp. The two principals fought out a tremendous finish through the final furlong and though Treve got her head in front, Cirrus Des Aigles got up in the final strides to strike by a short neck for trainer Corine Barande-Barbe and jockey Christophe Soumillon. The first two drew four and a half lengths clear of Norse King in third in the Group One contest over an extended mile and a quarter. Frankie Dettori tried to hold up Treve at the rear of the field, but she got no cover on the outside and made up a lot of ground quickly in the middle part of the race. Ed Dunlop's Joshua Tree made a brief bid for glory, but he soon faded as the two principals took over. It looked as though Treve's class would see her though against the eight-year-old Cirrus Des Aigles but, with the benefit of two runs already this year, his fitness proved a decisive factor.
