Monday, Chantilly, France, post time: 16:15, PRIX SIGY-G3, €80,000, 3yo, 5 1/2fT
Field: Arizona Blaze (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev), Estepona (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Mehmist (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), The Strikin Viking (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), King Of Light (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}), Rayevka (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Une Pointure (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), Miss Lamai (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Apollo Fountain (GB) (No Nay Never) and Polyvega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: TDN Rising Star Polyvega was smart last year for Carlos Laffon-Parias, but she looks to have taken a leap forward judged on her debut for the Christophe Ferland stable when winning by five lengths in the Listed Prix Ronde de Nuit here last month. The daughter of the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest heroine Polydream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) renews rivalry with the Listed Prix Yacowlef scorer Apollo Fountain, having dealt that Juddmonte homebred a 2 1/2-length beating on their juvenile bows here in June and it is anybody's guess how much progress the latter has made from two to three. Another TDN Rising Star and filly Rayevka excelled over this course and distance in September before being pitched into the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes 12 days later. That went awry, but knowing that we are dealing with The Aga Khan's Studs and Francis-Henri Graffard the boldness of that decision speaks volumes as to the regard in which she is held. Of the colts, last year's G3 Marble Hill Stakes winner and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up and G1 Phoenix Stakes third Arizona Blaze is a stand-out and he resumes sprinting having pushed Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the seven-furlong G3 Ballylinch Stud Red Rocks Stakes.
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