Class rose to the top in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot as Andre Fabre's Usherette justified favouritism with ease.
A winner at Newmarket earlier this season, Fabre had compared her with some of the best fillies he has trained in his long and illustrious career and the next step is surely a Group One.
Sent off the 9-4 favourite, Mikael Barzalona was happy to drop her in off just a steady pace set by Spangled.
A furlong and a half out the race began to develop with Barzalona hitting the front and taking two lengths out of the opposition.
John Gosden's Furia Cruzada, an import from Chile, outran her 20-1 starting price to finish second, two-and-a-quarter lengths away, just holding off the-fast finishing Always Smile.
It was Fabre's eighth Royal winner, but a first for Barzalona, who said: "I think she's really good and she travelled well.
"The ground didn't suit her and I think she's much, much better on good ground.
"She's a lovely filly and she has a good character - she's very tough."
