Guy Petit, the man who bought Min, celebrates Group success at Deauville

Rock Boy took the drop back in trip to the seven furlongs of the Group 3 Prix Djebel in his stride to remain unbeaten and become Group winner 76 for his sire Rock Of Gibraltar.

Successful in both starts at two, Rock Boy is trained by Richard Chotard for a group of owners who include well-known bloodstock agent Guy Petit.

Grand National winner Mon Mome and Grade 1 winner Min are among the stars that Petit has sourced in France for Britain and Ireland's leading trainers.

Petit bought Rock Boy for €16,000 at Arqana's October Yearling Sale from Haras de Saint-Vincent and he is out of Frasque, a winner at two by Iffraaj and a half-sister to the Group 3 Prix Thomas Byron winner Makaan.

The purchase has proven to be a shrewd one as Alastor, Frasque's now four-year-old son by Helmet, went on to be third in last season's Group 2 Derby Italiano. Alastor was purchased by Willie Mullins for €150,000 at the Arqana Autumn Sale and has subsequently been gelded.

Amelie and Sylvain Martin now have the dam of a Group 3 winner and Poule d'Essai des Poulains contender on their hands, having picked up Frasque for just €5,000 under their SARL Poulinieres.com banner at Arqana's December Sale in 2020.

Frasque has a two-year-old Recorder colt who made €35,000 to Alain Decrion as a yearling and a filly from the first crop of Group 3-winning sprinter Fas, a son of Fastnet Rock out of a half-sister to Sole Power.

Rock Boy's part-owner Petit indicated after the race that the Poule d'Essai des Poulains would be his target, providing the ground was suitably soft.

He was given a quote of 20-1 by Paddy Power for the May 15 Classic after winning the Djebel at Deauville on Thursday by a length from Loubeisien.

Malavath had advertised her considerable talents as a juvenile, winning the Group 2 Criterium de Maisons-Lafitte and running a close second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf for Francis-Henri Graffard.

The second-crop daughter of Mehmas claimed the scalp of Prix Marcel Boussac winner Zellie in the Group 3 Prix Imprudence, the second Classic trial held at Deauville on Thursday.

Bred by the O'Callaghans of Tally-Ho Stud, she is the first foal out of Fidaaha, a Jim Bolger bred New Approach sister to Group 3 winner Ceisteach and a half-sister to Vocalised's Group 3 winner and Prix Rothschild and Prix Jean Romanet third Steip Amach.

Malavath was bought by Star Bloodstock for £29,000 at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale and made £120,000 to David Redvers and Meridian International at last year's Arqana Breeze-Up Sale held in Doncaster. The Tweenhills stud owner retains a share in Malavath, who is also owned by Everest Racing and Barbara Keller.

Paddy Power halved her odds to 7-1 for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches after her Deauville success.

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