There is some high-class action at ParisLongchamp on Monday, with the G1 Saxon Warrior Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary looking a wide-open affair containing a pair of TDN Rising Stars in Sibila Spain (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) and Harajuku (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). While the former is unproven in black-type company, the Niarchos homebred Harajuku comes here on the back of a defeat of the re-opposing Incarville (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the 10 1/2-furlong G3 Prix Cleopatre at Saint-Cloud at the beginning of May. Her trainer Andre Fabre has won this a record eight times and also saddles the Wertheimers' Mar. 11 Listed Prix Rose de Mai scorer and the Apr. 6 G3 Prix Penelope third Anasia (GB) (Intello {Ger}) and Lady Bamford's May 1 Saint-Cloud maiden winner Love Child (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).
Yeguada Centurion's Sibila Spain started her career with a nine-length success in a debutantes race over this 10-furlong trip at Saint-Cloud Mar. 25 before following up at Lyon-Parilly Apr. 15. She has something to find with Al Shira'aa Farms' Apr. 11 G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Rumi (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) and Ecurie Waldeck's Apr. 18 G3 Prix de la Grotte scorer Cirona (GB) (Maxios {GB}), but this renewal looks poised for a potential improver given how little there is between all protagonists.
In the 11-furlong G2 Prix Hocquart, Australian Bloodstock's May 1 G3 Bavarian Classic winner Lambo (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}) squares up to Juddmonte's May 10 Saint-Cloud conditions scorer Media Stream (GB) (Frankel {GB}) while the G2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier sees The Aga Khan's Valia (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) return to the scene of her success in the G2 Prix Chaudenay and second in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak in October. Also on the card is the Listed Prix de Montretout over a mile, where Godolphin's G1 Dubai World Cup third Magny Cours (Medaglia d'Oro) reverts in trip after a sixth in the G1 Prix Ganay here May 2.
There is Classic action at Cologne with the G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen, or German 2000 Guineas, seeing Stall Lintec's Apr. 24 G3 Dr Busch-Memorial winner Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}) set the standard the day after the colt he beat in October's course-and-distance G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten, Sea of Sands (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), took the G3 Derby-Trial. If there is a lurker, it could be Gestut Hof Ittlingen's Markus Klug-trained homebred Sampras (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) who won his sole start impressively on the same Dortmund card in September that saw Best of Lips also break his maiden
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