Tuesday, Chantilly, France, post time: 15:05, PRIX DE GUICHE-G3, €80,000, 3yo, c/g, 9fT
Field: Pure Legend (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Les Petits Princes (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}), Al Aali (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Cualificar (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Bulnes (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}), Curragh Camp (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}) and Madero (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Cualificar may have surprised some when winning the G3 Prix la Force over this trip at ParisLongchamp last month, but he's a Fabre project out of the Oaks winner Qualify so should now be treated as a top prospect until proven otherwise. Spain's Gran Criterium-winning champion 2-year-old colt Bulnes is already proven in this country, having won the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux in October and it will be interesting to see how far he can go in this sphere, while Les Petits Princes is not out of the equation, having beaten this card's Listed Prix des Lilas contender Belong Together and the subsequent G3 Prix de la Grotte third Godspeed in a mile conditions event on Chantilly's Polytrack in March. [Tom Frary].
Tuesday, Chantilly, France, post time: 15:40, PRIX DES LILAS-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, f, 8fT
Field: Ashikidah (Fr) (Belardo {Ire}), Cankoura (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Qarlyga (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Eponine (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), Ilda Rosa (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Belong Together (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), American Gal (GB) (Kameko), With Zest (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Relaxx (Fr) (City Light {Fr}) and Wassail (War Front).
TDN Verdict: It's probably too late for these to get to the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, but this is staged over the same course and distance as the G2 Prix de Sandringham which can be a stepping stone to the G1 Coronation Stakes and so eyes peeled. The Aga Khan's Studs' Cankoura won by nine lengths over 9 1/2 furlongs here in March and drops in trip to join stablemate Ashikidah, the course-and-distance winner who holds an entry in Sunday's ParisLongchamp Classic with Mickael Barzalona on the former. Godolphin are in wonderland at present and the unbeaten Ilda Rosa bids to keep the joy flowing. A daughter of Zhukova and relative of Ghaiyyath, she sticks at a mile for now with Henri-Alex Pantall keen to see what he's got. [Tom Frary].
Tuesday, Cork, post time: 18:08, GOFFS IRISH EBF POLONIA STAKES-Listed, €31,500, 3yo, f, 5 1/2fT
Field: Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), Truly Enchanting (Ire) (No Nay Never), Beauty Queen (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}), First Instinct (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Fregada (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Grande Marques (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Li Ban (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}), Likedbymike (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), Maw Lam (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Revoke (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Saratoga Special (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Songhai (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Town And Country (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}) and Usdi Atohi (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: This has attracted a proper line-up headed by last year's G1 Phoenix Stakes and G3 Anglesey Stakes winner Babouche, whose class edge is negated by a five-pound penalty as she begins her 3-year-old campaign. Ger Lyons has another Juddmonte representative in Revoke, whose second to Lady With The Lamp in the Listed Legacy Stakes looks solid, while Ballydoyle's G2 Airlie Stud Stakes winner Truly Enchanting is back having been sidelined since that contest in June. Ballyhimikin Stud's taking Curragh maiden winner Fregada has a squeak, but she is in deep. [Tom Frary].
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