It is not always easy to find the winner of this race for horses without much steeplechase experience or even complete beginners. In the last five editions, the favorite has only won once. However, the Prix Elsinore (class 2) often offers a field which, in hindsight, turns out to be magnificent with applicants for the future Prix Congress (Gr. II), the supreme objective for 3-year-old steeple-chasers. . This was the fate of last year’s winner, Saga Girl or from Lou Fast the previous year.
This year, our eyes are drawn to competitors from both ends of the table. Nickname first of all, who will carry 65 kilos and can boast of some references over hurdles including the runner-up in the Prix Sagan (Gr. III). Marcel Rolland, her trainer, assures us that the filly is doing well in the morning on the steeplechase, so we will follow her first steps with interest.
Winner in steeplechase at Meslay-du-Maine for his first attempt, Polo and Marieat the top of the table, has never raced at Auteuil before, but Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé is not in the habit of sending foals that do not have the profile of the Parisian racecourse.
