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Pour Moi triumphs in Epsom Derby
2011-06-04 15:57:12
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require( { baseUrl: "http://static.bbci.co.uk/sport/ui/1.1.12/js/desktop/" }, ["empswitch"], function(empswitch) { empswitch.init(); } );"It is such a pleasure to win this race with my young jockey. I couldn't be more happy," Fabre told BBC Sport.
"He is a good horse. What surprised me was he had two accelerations - the first to catch up and then to go win," Fabre added.
Pour Moi owner John Magnier was magnanimous in victory. He said: "I wish that someone else owned Carlton House, but that is racing."
Treasure Beach, trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien, had looked likely to snatch victory as Carlton House made up ground, but Pour Moi flew at the finish to give the 22-times French champion trainer a first winner in the Derby at Epsom.
Carlton House had been sent off favourite as patriotic punters supported the Royal horse, who had won the Dante Stakes at York in May.
The Queen was joined by Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, plus Prince Harry, as they hoped to see history made.
After an injury scare earlier in the week, Carlton House ran an admirable race but was just denied at the sun-baked Surrey track.
Pour Moi, who impressed when winning the Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud on 7 May, was only confirmed a likely runner in the big race nine days beforehand after pleasing in a workout at Epsom.
His young jockey Barzalona produced an ice-cool ride on a sweltering day and jubilantly stood in his riding irons as he passed the winning line.
He is the first teenager to ride the Derby winner since Walter Swinburn, also 19, triumphed on Shergar 30 years ago.
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