Yeats disappoints in France

Racing : Aidan O'Brien's Yeats was surprisingly beaten at odds-on for the second successive year in the Prix du Cadran in France…

Racing: Aidan O'Brien's Yeats was surprisingly beaten at odds-on for the second successive year in the Prix du Cadran in France as Bannaby sprung a surprise under Christophe Soumillon.

Trained in Spain by Mauricio Delcher Sanchez, who saddled Equiano to King's Stand glory at Royal Ascot, the five-year-old just held off Incanto Dream in a desperate finish.

Johnny Murtagh was sending out distress signals early in the straight on the triple Ascot Gold Cup winner and he failed to pick up, trailing home in fifth.

Murtagh said of Yeats: "He just ran badly."

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Delcher Sanchez said of the winner: "It's fantastic to win two Group Ones this season over distances ranging from five furlongs to two and a half miles.

"He'll stay in training next year and will be aimed at the Gold Cup."