Camille Pissarro was given a superb experience by Ryan Moore to supply coach Aidan O’Brien along with his second Qatar Prix du Jockey Membership.
From a place on the within rail, his pilot needed to be affected person as soon as the race began to unfold up the house straight, however Moore discovered the gaps on the proper time to ship his mount.
Andre Fabre’s Cualificar stored on for second forward of John and Thady Gosden’s Detain. The winner’s stablemate Trinity School completed fourth after being up with tempo alongside the Clarehaven-trained Bowmark for almost all of the competition.
O’Brien mentioned: “I’m delighted for everybody and Ryan gave him an incredible ride.
“He is very thrilling and he is a Group One winner at two and now he is a French Derby winner and everyone knows how essential they’re.
“Ryan was ready to attend as we speak and needed to experience him to attempt to get the journey, which was an unknown. Clearly Ryan had a stunning draw and completely different to the Guineas the place he was extensive all the way in which.
“We thought he was a top-class horse final 12 months and he went to the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot as our primary horse.
“He is a big, powerful horse and was obviously a bit weak and then progressed as the year went on. He’s got a big frame – a big, rangy horse with a lovely mind and it takes a very good horse to keep taking his training, as he was growing last year and at the same time running one big race after another.
“We thought he was simply getting there however getting somewhat bit drained beforehand. However he was all the time a particular particular person and confirmed the flexibility of a top-class Group One horse.
“We saw it on Arc day and we saw it again when he ran in the French Guineas and Christophe [Soumillon, jockey] said no problem, take him to the French Derby. It was lovely ground here, Ryan was over the moon when he saw the draw and Ryan gave him a masterclass.”
Moore added: “He was very straightforward and I thought we had a lovely stall. He began nicely and relaxed into a rhythm and I was able to make ground smoothly from halfway.
“We received fairly strung out however he was very clean and I simply needed to present a little bit of persistence, watch for the run to current itself, then took it.
“It was a very smart performance from a horse who just seems to be getting better.
“He is all the time been a handsome horse and extremely considered. I simply wasn’t getting it fairly proper on him and Christophe has proven me how you can experience him and he really helpful this race and all of it labored out superbly.”
Camille Pissarro joins O’Brien’s St Mark’s Basilica on the Chantilly roll of honour, with the Ballydoyle handler minded to keep options open for the future, admitting he would not be against a return to a mile.
O’Brien added: “He is a superbly proportioned son of Wootton Bassett and though a mile and 1 / 4 is clearly superb, I feel going again to a mile can be no downside for him.
“We go from race to race and find out every two weeks how the horses are. It’s then we decide what plan to make and we go with the flow. You can’t be sure this horse would get a mile and a half but he obviously is a class horse.”
