Manduro enhanced his already tall reputation with an impressive victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville.
The five-year-old showed he was not inconvenienced by the drop back to a mile by storming to an easy victory in the Group One event.
Taking over from his pacemaker Toylsome, Andre Fabre’s charge swept clear inside the final furlong to score from Holocene with Turtle Bowl third.