Mogul third to Fabre's Mare Australis in Ganay Mare Australis, runner-up to Joseph O'Brien's Baron Samedi in a Group Two at the same venue last October, made all the running to take Group One honours in the Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp with Aidan O'Brien's Mogul finishing third. The four-year-old colt, having only the sixth run of his career, justified the faith of connections by running his rivals into the ground to give trainer Andre Fabre a seventh success in the race. Pierre-Charles Boudot set his stall out from the start of the ten and a half furlong contest, but Christophe Soumillon on Mogul, sucessful in the Grand Prix de Paris and Hong Kong Vase over longer trips last year, was watching his every move and the winner’s stablemate Magny Cours — third in the Dubai World Cup when last seen — was not far behind. When the tempo quickened in the straight, Mare Australis found an extra gear and pulled away in impressive style. Gold Trip claimed second place, a length and three-quarters away with Mogul the same distance back in third. “I thought he could be a Arc horse potentially,” Fabre told Sky Sports Racing. “He’s started to come to hand so obviously he’s a candidate for those big races. He’s just as good at a mile and a half as he is at 10 furlongs. He’s just been backward. “I don’t know if he’s coming to run in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud or something like that or just a prep race then the Arc. We’ll see.” Mare Australis was cut to 25-1 from 66-1 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with Betfair and Paddy Power.
