Andre Fabre

Veteran trainer Andre Fabre last won ParisLongchamp's G3 Prix de Fontainebleau with Persian King in 2019 and he notched a record-extending 11th edition after Godolphin's Poulains and Jockey Club entry Komorebi (Pinatubo) gained revenge for his G3 Prix La Rochette defeat by Nighttime (Wootton Bassett) in Sunday's renewal. "He's a fighter and I'm delighted," declared Fabre. "He's just like his sire in that he's not a morning glory, but a nice trier. He doesn't show very much in the mornings, just that he's nice. He hasn't grown much, but has...

Andre Fabre nominee Segall (Sottsass) had failed in three starts since attaining TDN Rising Star status at Saint-Cloud in June, but bounced back from a reversal in last month's Listed Prix Maurice Caillault to secure the trainer's record-extending tenth renewal in Sunday's G3 Prix La Force at ParisLongchamp. Patiently ridden at the tail of the six-runner field for most of the nine-furlong contest, the 89-10 chance inched ever closer in the home straight and weaved a charmed passage between rivals inside the final furlong to deny fellow Rising Star and...

Ghaiyyath is still awaiting a major winner in Britain and Ireland but he is compiling an interesting record in other parts of the world, including Australia, and to his G1 VRC Derby winner Observer was added Saturday's G2 Tulloch Stakes winner Storm Leopard. Most exciting of Ghaiyyath's second European crop last year was Godolphin's My Highness, who went unbeaten through four starts for Andre Fabre, culminating in an impressive victory in the G2 Sumbe Prix du Calvados last August.  Notably, amid a flurry of French Classic entries for the Fabre...

By Alan Carasso & Adam Houghton Sunday's Longines Hong Kong International Races meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse attracted each of its four defending champions from 2024, and when the dust had settled on the event, three of those four--Romantic Warrior (Acclamation), Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) and Voyage Bubble (Deep Field)--successfully repeated, each spectacularly in their own way. The fourth of them, Giavellotto (Mastercraftsman), was forced to settle for a gallant second to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe third Sosie (Sea The Stars). "To see a horse in Romantic Warrior...

The connections of the half-dozen European raiders among a field of 11 for Sunday's HK$26-million Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) will have been mostly pleased with the outcome of the barrier draw, which was held in the state-of-the-art parade ring at Sha Tin Racecourse Thursday morning. Resolute Racing and Baron Philip Von Ullman's Goliath (Adlerflug) makes a second trip across to Hong Kong in the space of eight months, having finished a disappointing ninth to Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}) at a fairly short price in the G1 FWD QE...

A name has recently appeared among the ranks of trainers in France which is both familiar and new at the same time. Lavinia Fabre, the daughter of Andre and Elisabeth Fabre, wasted little time in securing her first winner with just her second runner at Saint-Cloud on October 16, but her stint as a sole trainer will be short-lived as the 36-year-old has plans to embark on a partnership with her renowned father later this year. To a degree, Fabre's official arrival on the racing scene was entirely predictable. Both...

Conditions were desperate at Deauville on Wednesday and while there won't be any prizes handed out for time performances Prince Faisal's homebred filly Sindalah (Dubawi) shaped with promise on her winning debut. Allowed her own way in front under Maxime Guyon in the mile debutantes race for fillies, the Andre Fabre-trained half-sister to the international heavyweight Mishriff (Make Believe) held on to prevail by a head from Flash Girl (The Grey Gatsby). A descendant of the Prix de Diane heroine and stellar broodmare Rafha, the winner returned at 4-1. The Aga Khan Studs...

Wertheimer et Frere homebred Sosie, third in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is pointing to the G1 Hong Kong Vase, trainer Andre Fabre announced. The three-time Group 1-winning son of Sea The Stars was slated to retire at the end of the season. "He ran his race [in the Arc], he ran right up to his form. The plan with him now is to go to Hong Kong," said Fabre, who has won the Vase three times with Borgia (Acatenango) (1999), Flintshire (Dansili) (2014) and Junko (Intello) (2023)....

Thursday marks a new chapter in the story of the Fabre family, with Andre's daughter Lavinia saddling her first runner at Saint-Cloud having taken out her training licence earlier this year. The 36-year-old saddles Olya (Persian King) in the card's opening Prix de Versailles handicap, with her father in opposition with Timea (New Bay) in the colours of Lavinia's mother Elisabeth. "The plan is to form an association with my father, which should happen by the end of the year," she told the OTI Gazette. "It shouldn't change much of...

Just as ParisLongchamp became enveloped in gloom, one of its beloved sons Andre Fabre produced some illumination with the reinvigorated First Look in the G2 Qatar Prix Dollar. Providing his sire Lope De Vega with a quickfire double after the exploits of Consent minutes earlier, Wathnan Racing's 2024 Prix du Jockey Club runner-up built on recent momentum to deny the Prix Niel runner-up Bay City Roller (New Bay) by 1 1/4 lengths under Mickael Barzalona. In the recent past, this 10-furlong contest has been used as a stepping stone to Ascot's...

Sunday's G2 Qatar Prix Niel looked the least-convincing on paper of all the Arc "trials" on the ParisLongchamp card and, while the times backed up that impression, few would count the improving Andre Fabre colt Cualificar (Lope De Vega) out for next month's feature. Up to a mile and a half for the first time, Godolphin's Prix du Jockey Club runner-up had to do it all late on as he was freed from the pack to master his peers but had the answers for William Buick to enter the fray...

ParisLongchamp's Prix de Fontenoy looked a fascinating affair on paper beforehand and didn't disappoint as Zaraki (Zarak) surged to TDN Rising Stardom on Sunday. Sent off the 19-10 favourite for the mile event for unraced colts, the Wertheimer homebred was always happy shadowing the leader Houblon (Wootton Bassett). Committed two out by Maxime Guyon, the Andre Fabre-trained grandson of Plumania was impressive from there and hit the line with ears pricked by two lengths. "We expected a good debut from this horse," the owner-breeders' racing manager Pierre Yves Bureau said...