In just a year, Tony Parker, who counts himself a friend of French President Emmanuel Macron, has achieved what the biggest racing operations in the world couldn’t. His rivals might be backed by billions, but it was Parker’s £40,000 horse who trounced them all last Sunday. Parker’s three-year-old filly Mangoustine won the French 1000 Guineas at ParisLongchamp – beating British heroine Cachet in the process.