Listed Prix Finlande

She may have missed her initial target this year, but Zayida (Frankel) proved on Tuesday that she is firmly in the Prix de Diane reckoning for the The Aga Khan Studs with a clear-cut win in Chantilly's Listed Prix Finlande. Only fourth over this nine-furlong trip on her seasonal bow in ParisLongchamp's G3 Prix Vanteaux in early April, the granddaughter of Zarkava (Zamindar) had enjoyed a confidence boost in a course-and-distance conditions event later that month and upped her game with a dominant display here. Always travelling easily stalking the...

Tuesday, Chantilly, France, post time: 16:50, PRIX TEXANITA-G3, €73,200, 3yo, 6fT Field: Dostoievsky (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Samangan (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Street Show (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), Kailani (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Kimi Rey (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Pearl Fortune (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Sonatine (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Last term's G3 Prix Eclipse and G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte winner Samangan drops back in trip in an attempt to get his season up and running coming back off a second in April's seven-furlong G3 Prix Djebel, where Listed Prix Saraca winner...

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 17:13, PRIX HOCQUART-G3, €80,000, 3yo, 11fT Field: Asmarani (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}), Zekret (Zarak {Fr}), Zarakchic (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Rafale Design (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Maupassant (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Duty (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Golden Weaver (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Lifetimes (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Lazio (Ger) (Make Believe {GB}), Avide (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Connections of last year's winner Calandagan are back with their G1 Grand Prix de Paris entry Asmarani, who could be ridden positively given that has already proven he stays further than this at Saint-Cloud...

Team Valor International and Marco Saviozzi's 3-year-old filly Nadette (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}--Ciboulette {Ire}, by Pivotal {GB}) was two places behind subsequent G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Mangoustine (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) when fifth going one mile at ParisLongchamp in last month's G3 Prix de la Grotte and stepped forward to collect a career high in Thursday's Listed Prix Finlande upped to nine furlongs back at the Bois de Boulogne venue. The 32-5 chance, who also ran fifth in last term's G3 Prix des Reservoirs at Deauville, found a smooth...

Following Tuesday's Derby pointer at Leopardstown, there are more preps for the upcoming middle-distance Classics on Wednesday in France and Ireland, with Chantilly staging the G3 Prix de Guiche which is a key pointer to the July 5 G1 Prix du Jockey-Club. There are two from ParisLongchamp's May 14 G3 Prix la Force re-opposing in the third and fourth Chachnak (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) and 'TDN Rising Star' Another Sky (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) respectively and the form of that nine-furlong contest has already been boosted by the runner-up Ocean Atlantique...