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title: "Prix de Tour-en-Bessin Result: The Highlight Wins at 8/1 – 13:56 CEST"
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author: "Adam Markin"
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published: "2026-08-09T13:16:00Z"
modified: "2026-08-09T13:19:14Z"
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# Prix de Tour-en-Bessin Result: The Highlight Wins at 8/1 – 13:56 CEST

THE HIGHLIGHT ruined a few multiples inside the first hour of Prix Maurice de Gheest day, taking the 13:56 Prix Osaf (Prix de Tour-en-Bessin) at Deauville by a short neck at around 8/1 on the PMU – with Andre Fabre’s odds-on Zen Poetry touched off in second.

| Pos | Horse | Jockey | SP (PMU) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | The Highlight | Cristian Demuro | 8/1 |
| 2 | Zen Poetry | Pierre-Charles Boudot | 4/7f |
| 3 | Zakkan | Mickael Barzalona | 3/1 |
| 4 | Prince Azur | M. Grandin | 42/1 |

## The Race Story

Seven juvenile colts and geldings went to post for the opening conditions race over Deauville’s straight 1,400 metres, and the market said it was a two-horse affair: Zen Poetry, the Fabre-trained hotpot, backed down to 4/7, with Francis-Henri Graffard’s Zakkan next best at 3/1. The Highlight, from the Pierrick Cottier yard, was allowed to drift out to a working man’s 8/1.

Money talks, but it doesn’t always finish first. In a tight finish on the straight course, Demuro got The Highlight’s head down where it mattered, holding Boudot and Zen Poetry by a short neck in a time of 1m 26.5s, with Zakkan only a neck away third – a blanket over the first three. Prince Azur, a 42/1 shot, ran a fine race in fourth, a length and a quarter back.

For punters who took the short price about Zen Poetry, that is the worst kind of losing bet – beaten inches, stakes gone. The each-way brigade at least had nothing to argue about: with seven runners, the places went two deep and the favourite filled one of them.

## Tipster Accountability

No damage done to the ledger here. None of the ten tracked names in our [tipster bankroll table](https://readhorseracing.com/templegate-tips-today-record-shergar-cup-review/) had a bet in this race – the roster’s columns are focused on the British and Irish cards today. Our own [morning Deauville preview](https://readhorseracing.com/deauville-prix-maurice-de-gheest-preview-9-august-2026/) called this one “watch rather than wager” – and with the odds-on favourite turned over, keeping the powder dry was the right call.

## Looking Ahead

The serious business at Deauville starts at 15:15 CEST with the Grand Handicap de Deauville, the day’s Quinté+ betting heat, where a maximum field of 20 tackle the straight 1,600 metres for €96,000. Olympic Message is the informed word locally for the in-form Nicolas Perret yard, stablemate Un Instant and Christophe Soumillon’s mount Calas are prominent in the betting, and Ian Williams sends the British raider Supido for Mickael Barzalona – the interesting cross-Channel angle. The Group action then begins with the Prix Daphnis at 16:05 ahead of the big one, the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, at 16:40 CEST. Saturday’s meeting here saw [Mazzala spring a 10/1 surprise in the Prix de Reux](https://readhorseracing.com/prix-de-reux-result-mazzala/) – the Normandy track owes nobody a favour this weekend.