Cape Clear Island narrowly beaten Cape Clear Island came up just short as he attempted to land the Prix Hocquart at Longchamp for the Aidan O'Brien team. He had to settle for second place behind Andre Fabre's promising colt Ampere, a son of Galileo who won at the same track on his debut last month. Ryan Moore settled Cape Clear Island in third of the five runners for most of the way in the Group Two contest and challenged for the lead after turning into the straight, where Ampere also made his move. The pair went past long-time leader Canndal and engaged in a short duel, with Cape Clear Island holding the advantage at first until Ampere wore him down and passed the post about a length clear. O'Brien's other runner Royal Navy Ship could never get in a blow and was well beaten in fourth place. This was Cape Clear Island's third run of the campaign as last month he won a valuable sales race at Newmarket and then finished second in the Sandown Classic Trial.
