Consent has all the answers in dazzling Royallieu triumph

Consent ran out a tremendously impressive winner of the Qatar Prix de Royallieu for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-winning team of Sir Mark Prescott and Luke Morris at ParisLongchamp.

The consistent three-year-old had finished second to William Haggas’ Santorini Star in the Park Hill at Doncaster on her last outing and the two met again and once more dominated proceedings.

While on Town Moor Morris allowed Tom Marquand a bit of rope in front on Santorini Star, this time he sat right on the front-runner’s hind quarters.

Consent did briefly look in trouble when Marquand tried to steal a march on his rivals in the false straight, but Morris was just winding his mount up.

He pulled her away from the main chasing group and she fairly took off, leaving Santorini Star in her wake, and while the Haggas filly fended off the others, the Doncaster form was turned on its head as Consent came home with four and a half lengths in hand.

Whether she can now go on and emulate Prescott’s Alpinista, who won the Arc in 2022, remains to be seen.

Prescott, who famously rarely travels abroad, was not in Paris on this occasion and told the PA news agency: “I couldn’t really get out of it for the Arc, but I managed to get out of it today!

“With her action, we didn’t really think she wanted softer ground. She was all at sea when she ran on it at Haydock last year and that was the worry today.

“But with the benefit of hindsight, I think the ground is probably why she’s managed to turn the form around with the other filly (Santorini Star).

“I’m thrilled and she will stay in training next season. She is quite light-framed so I think we’ll race her sparingly, but it’s something to keep me going for another year!”

Morris said: “She has been brought along very steadily, which has meant she’s always kept improving a bit.

“I think it’s been masterful by Sir Mark the way he’s prepared her. Hopefully she can take another jump from this.”