Samangan stars in Prix Maurice de Gheest

Samangan gave Francis-Henri Graffard another Group One success with victory in the ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville.

Always close to the pace-setting Afandy over the intermediate six-and-a-half-furlong trip, the Aga Khan Studs-owned Samangan battled through the final quarter-mile to master Stolen Kiss and just found the post coming in time to foil the William Haggas-trained Division, who flashed home under James Doyle.