Feed The Flame swoops for Grand Prix de Paris glory

Kingman three-year-old Feed The Flame scythed through the field from the rear to take the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris on Friday.

Taken from the Thoroughbred Daily News, 15th July 2023, by Tom Frary:

Putting the 'wow factor' into Friday night's Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp, Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard's Feed The Flame swooped on unsuspecting victims to provide further proof of the outstanding merit of the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club form.

Only fourth behind Ace Impact in that 10 and a half-furlong Chantilly Classic, the Pascal Bary trainee who had dazzled on his first two starts looked an unlikely winner throughout the early stages with Cristian Demuro detached in last. It was not until the turn into the straight that the eventual winner truly engaged and while he had all rivals still to pass there, he was in their range and ready to fire his bullets. Ryan Moore committed first on the Irish Derby runner-up Adelaide River with the 8-5 favourite Soul Sister (Frankel) chasing hard, but it was Feed The Flame who was finishing with the biggest rattle on the outside.

Looking as if he had jumped in 100 metres from the finish, the 13-5 second favourite was in domineering mood as he registered a length verdict over Adelaide River, with the Oaks heroine Soul Sister a neck away in third.

"He's a great horse," Bary said. "The Prix du Jockey Club came a little soon for him and 2400 metres is his true distance. He broke slow, but he needs time to warm up and he has terrific acceleration. I won this race for Juddmonte with Zambezi Sun and both horses had exactly the same career up to this, winning the same first two races and then finishing fourth in the Jockey Club, so history can repeat itself sometimes. We will give him a break now and wait for September and the [Gr.2] Prix Niel and then the Arc."