Some leading G1 Prix du Jockey Club hopefuls take the next step en route to the Chantilly showcase on Tuesday as that track stages the nine-furlong G3 Prix de Guiche, won in 2007 by Lawman (Fr) and five years ago by another subsequent winner of the domestic Classic in Almanzor (Fr). Likely favourite will be the Wertheimers' Adhamo (Ire) (Intello {Ger}), who scored by three lengths in the G3 Prix la Force over this trip at ParisLongchamp Apr. 11, but he faces a stern opponent in The Aga Khan's returning Makaloun (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}). He was beaten for the first time when third in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in October, but that form is looking strong after a trio who finished in his wake have gone on to win black-type races and one of them is the new red-hot Epsom Derby favourite Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Previously successful by five lengths from the smart filly Anasia (GB) (Intello {Ger}) in the G3 Prix de Conde over this trip at Chantilly, the Jean-Claude Rouget trainee has a pacemaker in Veldeni (Fr) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) to aid his cause. Also in the mix is Alain Jathiere and Philippe Demercastel's Fort Payne (Fr) (Rio de la Plata), the impressive winner of the Mar. 9 Listed Prix Maurice Caillault over this course and distance who is on turf for the first time.
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