He was sired by Dubawi a top-class son of Dubai Millennium, whose wins included the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois.
At stud, Dubawi has been a highly-successful breeding stallion, siring major winners such as Monterosso, Al Kazeem, Makfi, Lucky Nine and Night of Thunder.
Victoire Bleue was in turn a granddaughter of Virunga who ran third to Allez France and Dahlia in the Prix de Diane and was a half-sister to Vitiges.
Ridden by James Doyle he took the lead approaching the final furlong and won by two and three quarter lengths from the John Gosden-trained filly Handmaiden.
After racing in second place behind the Irish challenger Cape of Good Hope for most of the way he went to the front a furlong out and went clear of his six opponents to win "very readily" by three and three quarter lengths.
He was rated the second best two-year-old in Europe behind Too Darn Hot[11] Quorto missed the whole of the 2019 season owing to injury but was expected to return to the track as a four-year-old in 2020.