Hughes aims for more Classic glory in Paris

BY SCOTT BURTON8:50AM 12 MAY 2013

Longchamp: Poule d’Essai des Poulains (Group 1) 1m, 3yo colts

NO. DRAW FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT OR	JOCKEY TRAINER RTF%	TS	RPR
1¹²2111-1	OLYMPIC GLORY 22	3	9-2 —	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon	—	129


2¹⁶411-14	ETALONDES 38	3	9-2 —	Gregory Benoist J-C Rouget	—	115


3¹23-1	LION D´ANVERS 16	3	9-2 —	Ronan Thomas J Van Handenhove	—	116


4⁶1313-3	US LAW 28	3	9-2 —	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire P Bary	—	122


5³211-11	STYLE VENDOME 38	3	9-2 —	Thierry Thulliez N Clement	—	126


6¹³21-2	DASTARHON 20	3	9-2 —	Umberto Rispoli Mme Pia Brandt	—	111


7⁵2463-1	GALE FORCE TEN p 37	3	9-2 —	Ryan Moore A P O´Brien	—	127


8¹⁰127-	FLYING THE FLAG 239	3	9-2 —	C O’Donoghue A P O´Brien	—	120


9⁴70-135	PRINCEDARGENT 28	3	9-2 —	Fabrice Veron H-A Pantall	—	114


10¹⁵73136-	PEARL FLUTE 192	3	9-2 —	Mickael Barzalona F-H Graffard	—	120


11¹¹U112-2	HAVANA GOLD 24	3	9-2 —	Jamie Spencer Richard Hannon	—	119


12⁷25	MY APPROACH 38	3	9-2 —	Gerald Mosse Robert Collet	—	114


13¹⁴4011-3	PENNY´S PICNIC 38	3	9-2 —	Thierry Jarnet D Guillemin	—	124


14¹⁸9141-1	GENGIS 28	3	9-2 —	Stephane Pasquier G Doleuze	—	124


15²332-11	BRIGHT STRIKE 20	3	9-2 —	William Buick John Gosden	—	109


16⁹2111-2	MORANDI 28	3	9-2 —	Christophe Soumillon J-C Rouget	—	128


17⁸22-1	ANODIN b 20	3	9-2 —	Olivier Peslier F Head	—	111


18¹⁷11-1	INTELLO 25	3	9-2 —	Maxime Guyon A Fabre	—	123

GUINEAS day at Longchamp provides a pair of extremely tough examinations, with both the colts and fillies’ classics attracting large fields.

Hoping to avoid any potential traffic problems in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains will be Richard Hughes, who rides leading British-trained hope Olympic Glory, a Group 1 winner on Arc day last October when defeating What A Name in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.

“Olympic Glory is our big hope but we haven’t been lucky with the draw and he’ll have to be on his A-game to defy the 12 stall,” stressed Richard Hannon. “However, this has been the plan since before the Greenham, where he looked to be a horse crying out for a step up to the mile, and the race did him good as his work has been sharper since.”

The Hannon team are also responsible for Havana Gold , while John Gosden seeks to annex the Poulains with Bright Strike, eleven years after winning the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches with Zenda.

Leading the home defence are trial winners Gengis and Style Vendome.

Gengis landed the Prix de Fontainebleau for maverick trainer Georges Doleuze (father of jockey Olivier) but has had his chances of success severely compromised by being drawn widest of all in stall 18.

Much better treated is Prix Djebel winner Style Vendome.

“I’m very happy with the draw [3] as we wanted something in the first eight,” suggested trainer Nicolas Clement. “He’s had a very good preparation, trouble free and, we’re very happy with him. Let’s hope for a regular race and a little bit of luck in running.”

Longchamp: Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (Group 1) 1m, 3yo fillies

NO. DRAW FORM	HORSE	AGE	WGT OR	JOCKEY TRAINER RTF%	TS	RPR
1⁵61541-	FLOTILLA 191	3	9-0 —	Christophe-Patrice Lemaire M Delzangles	—	124


2¹⁰74143-	SAGE MELODY 171	3	9-0 —	Umberto Rispoli M Delzangles	—	111


3¹¹2112-3	TOPAZE BLANCHE 28	3	9-0 —	Olivier Peslier C Laffon-Parias	—	123


4¹²211-2	TUNA PAPITA 42	3	9-0 —	Thierry Thulliez F Rohaut	—	113


5¹⁷16-1	ZURIGHA 29	3	9-0 —	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon	—	115


6¹⁹1-13	VAUNOISE 35	3	9-0 —	Gregory Benoist J-C Rouget	—	114


7⁹612-15	SHOW GORB 38	3	9-0 —	Francois-Xavier Bertras P Sogorb	—	116


8¹⁸2114-3	SPINACRE 38	3	9-0 —	Gerald Mosse P Bary	—	120


9²⁰463-32	MERI SHIKA 35	3	9-0 —	Antoine Hamelin J Bertran De Balanda	—	118


10¹⁴111-2	TASADAY 28	3	9-0 —	Mickael Barzalona A Fabre	—	118


11¹³182-1	MORNING FROST 59	3	9-0 —	Julien Auge C Ferland	—	114


12⁴1711-3	MELBOURNE MEMORIES 22	3	9-0 —	Ryan Moore Clive Cox	—	113


13³315-44	DAUPHINE RUSSE 28	3	9-0 —	William Buick F Doumen	—	117


14¹421-51	BAIE D´HONNEUR 16	3	9-0 —	Ioritz Mendizabal D De Watrigant	—	120


15¹⁶250-11	KENHOPE 28	3	9-0 —	Thierry Jarnet H-A Pantall	—	120


16¹⁵17-265	KENSEA 25	3	9-0 —	Fabrice Veron H-A Pantall	—	116


17⁶11	ESOTERIQUE 14	3	9-0 —	Maxime Guyon A Fabre	—	126


18²1213-1	ALTERITE 47	3	9-0 —	Christophe Soumillon J-C Rouget	—	122


19⁸5012-4	COCKTAIL QUEEN 29	3	9-0 —	Jamie Spencer David Elsworth	—	115


20⁷4116-5	WATERWAY RUN 25	3	9-0 —	Jim Crowley Ralph Beckett	—	115

Andre Fabre has two well fancied candidates in Godolphin’s Tasaday and the Rothschild Family’s Esoterique, who was supplemented on Thursday for €27,000.

Flotilla represents the only Group 1 winning form among the maximum field of 20, having scored at the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita last November.

Unusually for a French trainer Mikel Delzangles has opted to come here without a prep-run.

The two key trials historically have been the Prix de la Grotte as well as the previous season’s two-year-old championship, the Prix Marcel Boussac.

Both races are well represented, with the two pieces of form tied in by Topaze Blanche, who was a narrow runner-up in the Boussac last October before finishing third when pulling too hard last month in the Grotte.

“She hadn’t been over-worked before her first run and we’ve done what we needed to since so she should be better and we’re approaching the race with confidence,” reported Carlos Laffon Parias of his daughter of Zamindar.

fonte: RacingPost

Sunday, may 12th/2013. Longchamp: Poule d’Essai des Poulains (Group 1) 1m, 3yo colts, Hughes aims for more Classic glory in Paris. And Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (Group 1) 1m, 3yo fillies

Hughes aims for more Classic glory in Paris