Overview

• Francis Graffard’s Sahlan held off Rosallion by a short head at ParisLongchamp, with the judge required to separate them.
• Aidan O’Brien’s The Lion In Winter finished third, Alcantor made the running and was fourth, and favourite Henri Matisse was fifth under Christophe Soumillon.
• Graffard called the decision to supplement Sahlan "a big gamble" and said a Breeders’ Cup Mile bid at Del Mar is being considered.
• The prize-money boost produced a full 12-runner field for an unusually deep contest that Andre Fabre labeled the best Moulin for some years.
• Drawn wide in stall 11, Rosallion recorded another narrow Group 1 second after earlier runner-up finishes in the Queen Anne and Sussex Stakes.