Prix du Gros-Chene

Prix Du Jockey Club In The Limelight

Europe's Derby circuit heads from Epsom to Chantilly in the space of 24 hours, with Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix du Jockey Club offering a different type of test to its English counterpart without compromising on the degree of challenge. Run right-handed over 10 1/2 furlongs, with the draw all-important heading straight to the first turn, the €1.5 million prize is on its own as a unique "Derby" experience. Since the distance was shortened--controversially to some--from the traditional mile and a half in 2005, a trio of colts have completed a...

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Deauville Stages Classic Warmup

   Ahead of the following day's French Guineas', Deauville offers a tantalising warm-up on Sunday when it hosts the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly and G2 Prix du Gros-Chene. In the former contest, kept to its traditional time slot but re-routed to Normandy, the Wertheimers' Ziyad (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) returns to the scene of his career-best success in last year's G2 Grand Prix de Deauville. Runner-up in this last 12 months ago as well as the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, the homebred was waylaid on his trip...

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