Asfoora added another chapter to her remarkable globetrotting story on Sunday, overcoming pre-race drama to land the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp.

The Henry Dwyer-trained mare became the first Australian-trained horse to win in France with her Abbaye triumph on the Arc de Triomphe meeting, but she came perilously close to missing the start altogether.

The seven-year-old arrived on course without her passport and stewards insisted it be sighted before a cut-off time. Dwyer’s team scrambled, engaging an Uber driver—on a £200 incentive—to rush the documents from Chantilly, and they arrived with moments to spare.

“The dumb Australians forgot to pack the passport, unfortunately, so we had a bit of an issue,” Dwyer said.

“But we had an Uber driver do a mad dash from Chantilly with the passport and he got here with a minute-and-a-half to spare, so it could have been a very different tale.”

Cleared to run, Asfoora produced her now-familiar European burst, a continuation of the form she showed winning the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1005m) at Royal Ascot last year and again this term.

Oisin Murphy timed things perfectly, easing the mare into the clear inside the final furlong to overhaul Jawwal and score by a half-length, notching her second Group 1 of the campaign to sit alongside the Nunthorpe Stakes (1005m) at York in August.

“It’s amazing. Since we started this whole journey, it’s just about doing new things,” Dwyer said post-race.

“Life’s experiential, racing’s experiential… I’ve never been to the races in France before, and here we are winning a G1 on Arc Day.”

Dwyer explained the stable deliberately tweaked Asfoora’s European program this year, holding her back for Ireland and France after deciding she’d come to the end of her prep last season post-York, and he was pleased to see her cope with conditions this time around.

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