ANOTHER SUPERNAP AS DAQMAN STRIKES WITH THREE OUT OF FOUR: Daqman landed back-to-back supernaps (Raabihah WON even money) among three winners and a second out of his first four bets at Longchamp yesterday, following Simeen (WON 11-10) at Saint-Cloud on Wednesday. The Longchamp three were:
WON 33-10 Grand Glory
WON 12-5 Pao Alto (Prix la Force)
WON 1-1 Raabihah (supernap)
GUINEAS IN CLASSIC LONG WEEKEND AS DERBY-OAKS TRIALS SAVED: English racing returns on June 1 in a new schedule released by the BHA last night. The first Classics, the Guineas, are planned for June 6 and 7 at Newmarket. In fact, there are three days of Classic horses on the cards in a long weekend, the Lingfield Oaks and Derby trials being staged on the Friday.
Today ‘s headlines
ENGLISH RACING’S FIRST WEEK BACK
ALTO ON HIGH NOTE IN CLASSIC TRIAL
BOUDOT CAN CARRY THE LOOTAH HOME
ENGLISH RACING’S FIRST WEEK BACK
They’re off! Or maybe this time, they’re on. The on-off schedules for English racing could at last come under starter’s orders in a little over two weeks’ time.
The season would start at long last with an all-weather meeting at Newcastle on June 1, which is the deadline set by government for the resumption of sport.
Classic trials are announced for Kempton and Lingfield, and then the first Classics themselves – the Guineas – are on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.
Monday, June 1 NEWCASTLE
Tuesday, June 2 KEMPTON, Newcastle
Wednesday, June 3 KEMPTON (Classic Trial), Yarmouth
Thursday, June 4 NEWMARKET, Newcastle
Friday, June 5 NEWMARKET (Coronation Cup, Brigadier Gerard Stakes, Abernant)
LINGFIELD (Lingfield Derby Trial and Lingfield Oaks Trial)
Saturday, June 6 NEWMARKET (2,000 Guineas), Lingfield, Newcastle
Sunday, June 7 NEWMARKET(1,000 Guineas), Haydock, Lingfield
Wednesday, July 1 Jumps racing returns
ALTO ON HIGH NOTE IN CLASSIC TRIAL
Now he has a Classic voice. A horse called ‘alto’, son of a stallion called ‘highbrow’, Pao Alto was destined to reach the heights.
And he cruised into the French Derby picture at Longchamp yesterday by winning the Prix La Force trial that is going for a hat-trick in the Chantilly Classic on Sunday, July 5, by way of success for beaten horses.
Study Of Man (2018 second) and Sottsass (only fifth last year) both went on from the La Force to win the French Derby. Saonois (2013) won both La Force and Derby (Prix du Jockey Club).
Pao Alto, by the Jockey Club winner, Intello (‘highbrow’), was winning his third race in a row yesterday for Christophe Ferland and Maxime Guyon.
If a beaten horse does the hat-trick, then it would have to be Ocean Atlantique (Charles-Pierre Boudot), an eight lengths winner in October, who didn’t have the easiest of runs yesterday and finished well to be second for Andre Fabre.
Pao Alto plunged to 7-1 second favourite with Corals for the Jockey Club (Ladbrokes only 6-1), behind the favourite, Victor Ludorum, with Ocean Atlantique 8-1.
Pao Alto was 8-1 with Corals and Ladbrokes for the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 Guineas).
The Summit, as low as 7-1 for the Guineas, after beating Ecrivain and Victor Ludorum in Monday’s Fontainebleau, was 10-1 with Corals and Ladbrokes, and 11.0 in the BETDAQ Sportsbook.
In the Pouliches (1.000 Guineas), Wednesday’s Chantilly scorer, Simeen ,was shortened to 9-2 in places, but 6.0 in the BETDAQ Sportsbook while Raabihah, yesterday’s four-lengths Listed scorer at Longchamp, was generally in to 8-1.
Ladbrokes were much more impressed with Raabihah and closed her down to 5-1, giving away Simeen at 7-1. Both fillies are trained by Jean-Claude Rouget.
BOUDOT CAN CARRY THE LOOTAH HOME
⚠️ HEADS UP Pierre-Charles Boudot’s double at Longchamp yesterday put him only four short of 50 and changed the leadership of the French jockeys’ table to: Pierre-Charles Boudot 46, Christophe Soumillon 40, Maxime Guyon 37, Anthony Crastus 26, Cristian Demuro 26, Eddy Hardouin 22, Julien Auge 20.
While Soumillon has a day off today, the hungry ones, Boudot and Guyon, take five rides each on a 10-race card at Lyon Parilly.
10.45 Lyon-Parilly A classy conditions race (1m 1f). Grey Mystere’s second to Pao Alto doesn’t look so bad now after that one won yesterday’s Prix La Force.
But Fabrice Chappet’s San Fabrizio has Pierre Charles Boudot booked to pilot a colt who was third to Victor Ludorum last September before that one won the Lagardere. I took 5.0 in the BETDAQ Sportsbook.
11.15 Lyon-Parilly Synchrone (Angela Daifi riding for Jean-Pierre Gauvin) won for a woman rider last September before being beaten little more than a length in a big field on the Chantilly Polytrack. An 11.0 outsider.
12.15 Lyon-Parilly Woot City got within a length of Fontainebleau winner The Summit here at Lyon over a mile in September, and is big at 26.0.
This is three furlongs further but should be ideal for a son of Wootton Bassett, who is also represented in this be Hellenistique (3.25 in the BETDAQ Sportsbook).
Top jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot rides Lootah, out of a mare by Lawman, French Derby winner himself and sire of five Group-1 winners. I just give him the edge at 3.5.
1.58 Lyon-Parilly Mille Et Mille (15.0 offer), the Prix Du Cadran winner of 2015, drops back to a mile and a half in an interesting line-up for such a small field in this Listed.
My choice at 5.0 in the BETDAQ Sportsbook) Pappalino, third in the Exbury with the form working out well, likes it very soft, as it is today.
Skyward, looking for a four-timer, has Stephane Pasquier up for Fabrice Chappet, who also saddles San Huberto.
DAQMAN’S BETS
10.45 Lyon-Parilly (win 20 nap)
BET 5pts win SAN FABRIZIO
11.15 Lyon-Parilly (win 10)
BET 1pt win SYNCHRONE
12.15 Lyon-Parilly (win 10)
BET 4.5pts win LOOTAH
BET 0.5pts win WOOT CITY
1.58 Lyon-Parilly (win 10)
BET 2.5pts win PAPPALINO
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