However, France-Galop released the findings of their decision on Friday evening and the placings remained unaltered.

Dar Re Mi crossed the line first in front of the previously unbeaten Stacelita but the raceday stewards at Longchamp took the view that Fortune’s manoeuvre two furlongs out, where he briefly hampered German raider Soberania, was serious enough to warrant an inquiry.

Soberania went on to finish fifth, beaten a short-neck for fourth, and rules in France state that the guilty party must be placed behind the horse it is deemed to have interfered with.

Essentially the panel found that German challenger would have finished fourth without the interference and backed up the initial decision of the stewards.

An extract from the panel’s findings said: “Soberania did not regain the ground she lost because of the incident and lost out on fourth place by a short-neck which is why Dar Re Mi was placed fifth.”