THERE were no Irish challengers for the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly last Sunday. However, among four Brits, Stormy Antarctic restored a reputation tarnished by a heavy defeat in Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas last time out.

Stormy Antarctic had to give best to Zelzal by two lengths, but there was no disgrace in that, with the Jean-Claude Rouget inmate having been beaten only once in five starts now.