Monday 24 – Lyon-Parilly
Quinté – Prix de la Fédération des Courses du Centre-Est
Head to the capital of Gaul for this first Quinté+ of the week with four-year-olds and over over 2000m. The top of the table is occupied by Cassius (P&J.Brandt), Morphewan (P.Cottier) et Haptics (HF.Devin).
Tuesday 25 – Auteuil
Return of meetings to Auteuil on September 10
Last meeting of the first half with Quinté – Prix d’Achères, Prix La Perichole (Gr.3) and 2 Listeds
We are closing the doors of the 16th arrondissement racecourse for a well-deserved summer break. But before that, a beautiful Group 3 is proposed. This event was won in recent years by Speed Emile (Legeneste & Macaire) et Diamond Carl (F.Nicolle). There will be seven four-year-old horses at the start and all will aim for a first group victory after places in Listeds.
The Quinté+ will be Achères Price with ages five and over on the 3600m hurdles course. This substitution handicap will pit 18 horses whose values are between 50.5 and 54.
Wednesday 26 – Vichy
Quinté – Price of Bois du Bouc
Head to the banks of the Allier for a quinté reserved for older horses (7-11 years old). The “H”s should be very prominent. Among them, the “little champion” of Pascal Cordeau, The membrane who has just completed several preparation races and Helios Si (S.Hardy) recent second at the Bellerive racecourse.
Thursday 27 – La Teste-de-Buch
Quinté – Price of Arcachon Bay
The Quinté heads to the southwest and will be contested this Thursday at the La Teste racecourse with a handicap reserved for horses aged four and over. At the top of the table, we find among the entries horses in 40 of value such as Swiss Bank (O.De Montzey), The Wise Man (J.Reynier) or Lorcan (J.Boisnard).
Friday 28 – Vincennes
Quinté – Prix Urania and Prix Guillaume de Bellaigue (Gr.3)
For the last night of Vincennes before the start of the summer Cabourgthe Quinté+ will be reserved only for seven-year-olds who have not earned €186,000. After several training runs, Chance the protégé of Jean Paul Marmion could deliver an interesting duel with the very tenacious Hermès Express (FP Bossuet).
In the highlight of the meeting, the Prize William of Bellaiguethe champion of the Abrivard family, Hanna des Molles will try to confirm his return in a state of grace in this Group 3 for the best aged horses in mounted trotting. On its long route of 2700m of the classic course of the big track it should find Blue Granvillaise (P.Levesque), Hirondelle du Rib (J. Hallais) or Edition Gema (M.Sassier).
Hanna des Molles for confirmation
Saturday 29 – Enghien
Quinté – Price of Roussillon
The first Quinté of the weekend will be contested in Enghien with seven to eleven year olds having not won €253,000. Before packages, the richest are Hudo du Ruel (A.Lhérété), Forever Night (JL. Dersoir) et Filou de Chardet (P.Daugeard).
Chantilly
3 Listed (Tattersalls Prix de Saint-Patrick and Prix de Bagatelle for 3 years and Prix Hampton)
It’s an interesting Saturday at the Princes de Condé racecourse with two Listeds reserved for three-year-olds. THE Tattersalls St. Patrick’s Prize et Bagatelle Prize can lead to great summer events. The first was won by Mr Molière (A.Fabre) and the second by Thornbrook (JP.O’Brien). In the Listed for foals, we could find the sixth of theEmirates Poule d’Essai, Supercooled (A.Fabre).
Sunday 30 – Saint-Cloud
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1), Prix Eugène Adam (Gr.2) and Quinté – Prix des Coteaux de la Seine
Who will succeed Westover (R.Beckett) future second Qatar Price of the Arc de Triomphe ? The field is, as is often the case, very often of a high level, notably Zarir (FH.Graffard) second of Prix Ganay (Gr.1), Feed The Flame (P.Bary) good third of the Coronation Cup (Gr.1) end of May at Epsom without forgetting Iresine (JP.Gauvin) author of a very good start to the school year on May 18 on his Parilly track.
We will not forget Group 2 for three years won last year by Golden Horizon (P.Cottier). Very good horses are announced at the start like Fast Tracker (HA.Pantall) who disappointed in the Qatar Jockey Club Prize (13th) and Hamavi (A.Fabre) who continues to push his limits.
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
8th stage Green Trophy
The stages of the Tour de Frances of budding racecourses continue with this eighth stage for six to ten years and a step back to 50m for those who have won more than €289,000. For the moment, it is Feline de Calvi (L.Vaubert) who leads the general classification.
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