Elie Lellouche trains Super Celebre, who is expected to stay on course for the French Derby.
Ecurie Wildenstein's Super Celebre, making his career stakes debut, opened the classic French racing season with a powerful win in Sunday's Group II Prix Noailles for 3-year-olds at Longchamp.Held up near the rear of the eight-horse field with jockey Dominique Boeuf, the bay son of Peintre Celebre took the lead one furlong from the wire and won handily by 2 1/2 lengths over Coroner. Jipapibaquigrafo finished a nose behind Coroner in third. Super Celebre's time was 2:19.90 for the about 1 3/8 miles on a course rated as good to soft.
