27 Abr. FR. Prix de Barbeville-M.T.P.A. G3. Longchamp. 3.100 mts. Turf. 80.000 €
1.- COASTAL PATH (S.Pasquier)
2.- ORION STAR (J.Victoire)
3.- PONTE TRESA (C.Soumillon)


Coastal Path (Halling) added a third group win to his CV this afternoon with a convincing win in the G.3 Prix de Barbeville.

Khalid Abdullah’s four year-old duly shrugged off the 58kg he was allocated and raced to his fifth consecutive victory and still remains unbeaten.

As is the habit at Longchamp there was little pace but Soledad (Priolo) and Art Martial (Monsun) took the field along with Ponte Tresa (Sicyos) in behind accompanied by Coastal Path always in touch and out of trouble.

The eleven runners were tightly grouped as they swung out of the elbow. It was Johan Victoire on Orion Star (Sternkoenig) who was the first to go and Stephane Pasquier duly followed suit on Coastal Path with Ponte Tresa giving chase.

Although Coastal Path took some time to wind up he found his stride with a furlong to go and pulled away to win by 1½ lengths from Orion Star. Ponte Tresa finished a further two lengths back.