Perfect Power storms to Prix Morny glory

PA Sport Reporters
August 22, 2021 2:15 pm

Group One success for Fahey and Soumillon.

Royal Ascot winner Perfect Power returned to winning ways as he displayed an electric turn of foot in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville.

Richard Fahey’s juvenile had won the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot when beating Go Bears Go, who has gone on to frank the form.

Last time out Perfect Power ran at Goodwood in the Richmond Stakes and suffered all manner of traffic problems before flashing home to be beaten just over a length by Asymmetric.

With Christophe Soumillon doing the steering on this occasion, the Ardad colt yet again had a far from straightforward path. But he was good enough to extricate himself in time.

Fabulous colt! Perfect Power wins the Group 1 @DarleyEurope Prix Morny for @RichardFahey and Christophe Soumillon at @fgdeauville pic.twitter.com/yEnZQmEBIX
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) August 22, 2021

Fellow Ascot winner Quick Suzy was to the fore for much of the way, but the Queen Mary winner failed to see out the sixth furlong.

Asymmetric was given every chance by Martin Harley, but he had no answer when the eventual winner and Andre Fabre’s Trident came bursting through in the last 100 yards.

Perfect Power and Trident had a barging match over a furlong from home, but once they settled down to battle it out the Yorkshire raider was well on top at the line.