Puerto Rico far too hot for Lagardere rivals

Christophe Soumillon delivered a front-running masterclass aboard Puerto Rico to claim a cosy victory in the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at ParisLongchamp.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt broke his maiden in winning the Group Two Champagne Stakes at Doncaster last time on his first try at seven furlongs and made an effortless switch to the highest level in the French capital.

Ridden with supreme confidence, the son of Wootton Bassett travelled beautifully in front and when asked to kick on in the straight, he pulled away from Nighttime in style, with Rayif back in third.

O’Brien and Soumillon were completing a quickfire Group One double after Diamond Necklace landed the opening Prix Marcel Boussac.