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Unbeaten in three starts at Pau and winner of a Listed at Auteuil in the spring, she was nowhere near her early form when she finished last in a hurdle race at Auteuil.

Trainer says

She is entered in the Prix Fondeur. It’s a steeple-chase for five-year-olds only. She is a good mare. We noticed that when she was beaten in the autumn that she actually has gone blind in her left eye. I have no idea why she has gone blind in that eye. She has never received a knock or anything. Anyway, it doesn’t stop her from running.

Form profile

Unraced.

Trainer says

She hasn’t run yet, but she is from the same family as Milord Thomas, the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris winner. She looks promising and will make her debut over hurdles this winter.

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A winner over hurdles at Pau on the third start of her career, she then went chasing, but hasn’t been seen since finishing fifth in a race at Dieppe in June.

Trainer says

She is going to return to Pau. She had some issues after the spring but she will be part of the team of horses I’m taking down to Pau.

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Some big guns, including 2023 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris winner Rosario Baron had lined up in this Listed content where Fortunes Melody was never far from the leaders but couldn’t get to them.

Trainer says

She is a good filly. She is owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede and she will run in the Prix Bernard Secly, a 3600m Listed race over hurdles. This is the last opportunity to run before the Prix André Michel, a Grade 3, that takes place I think on the 8 December. She is a filly who will then go to the breeding shed. I hope that she will run well this weekend, as she seems in good form. She was last ridden by Bryony Frost, who seems to get on well with her.

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A regular in 2m3f to 2m5 ½f chases at Auteuil and Compiegne, he produced a good effort on the flat to finish fourth in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Compiegne.

Trainer says

He will go to Pau with the ambition to run in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Pau. I don’t have many options with him, as he lacks speed to be effective over hurdles. So, he will run in the prep races for the Grand Steeple and if it all goes well, he will run in the big one.

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Finished fifth in the 2m ½f Prix Northerntown over fences where he was carrying one of the top weights.

Trainer says

He is also a half-bred. He will run in the Prix Coq Gaulois, a conditions race that’s open to his breed only. He had won at Craon and there is not much else where he can run. It might be a bit tough, but he should do all right. He fell at Auteuil on his hurdle debut and hasn’t been back since. But he is a very good jumper, so I’m hoping he will do all right. It’s a disadvantage for a four-year-old to make his debut at Auteuil over fences, but we are going to give it a try.

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Won on both of her starts at Pau and was only just beaten on her Auteuil debut in April.

Trainer says

She is going to Pau. She is a good filly who won twice at Pau and was the runner-up in Auteuil. I think she probably will go chasing rather than remain over hurdles. She had a little issue with a cannon bone and she is back in training, but she will only run in Pau.

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He went off favourite in the 3500m chase Prix Henri Gleizes and suffered a bad fall when he uncharacteristically completely missed the jump of the open ditch.

Trainer says

He is a half-bred, who had shown good form over hurdles, but won with Bryony Frost when he was switched to steeple-chasing at Dieppe. Everything had gone well and I then ran him at Auteuil in a chase and I think he fell at the open ditch because he wasn’t concentrating. He jumped big and that was it. I hope he runs well and hope that he won’t remember his fall at the open ditch because that was a proper tumble.

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A winner on the flat, he won his hurdle race on his second start at Auteuil, showing courage when he managed to beat l’Alibi on the post.

Trainer says

He is now going chasing at the end of the month at Auteuil. He is a bit of a late developer and he will come back to hurdle racing next year. He won on his last start, but he is still a bit green.

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Losange Bleu had been undefeated over hurdles since November 2023 and was expected on the podium in the Grade 3 Prix Carmarthen, a prep race for the Grade 1 Grand Prix d’Automne, but was ridden rather cautiously and whilst he did quicken in the end, it wasn’t enough to get to the winner.

Trainer says

On his last start in the Prix Carmarthen I told his jockey Johnny Charron not to get into a battle with Jeu de Thaix, who is trained by Daniela Mele, as that would not be good for either of them. Maybe he took it a little too literally as he finished third that day. But it didn’t really matter. He wasn’t beaten far and anyway we are looking forward to his start now in the Grand Prix d’Automne. That is run over 4800m in heavy ground and that will be much better for him. He won the Grande Course de Haies over 5100m even though he had never run over that trip, but obviously has no stamina issues. His strength is his mind. Nothing bothers him and he is not afraid of anything. We have thought about taking him chasing and it’s not off the table yet, but he is so good over hurdles that we want to keep him there for the time being. But next season, who knows?

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A dual hurdle winner at Pau in the winter, he has since stepped up to Grade 3 company at Auteuil, where he has been placed on several occasions.

Trainer says

Losange Vert Bleu is going to return to Pau this winter, but not to run over hurdles but to go chasing. He really enjoyed Pau this winter and seeing that he is not really in the class of the top hurdlers, I think he will enjoy Pau again. He will however run in a Grade 1 before going down to Pau. He will be entered in the Prix Renaud-du-Vivier, which is the big hurdle race for four-year-olds. I don’t really have a choice but to run him there, as he is Grade 3-placed. He might not be as good as his brothers, but he could be very good over the fences.

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Won on her second start this autumn and was a very easy winner over hurdles on her first start at Auteuil.

Trainer says

She is going to run in the Prix Chalet on the 8th of December. It’s a Listed race for three-year-old fillies. After that, she will have a break. She is a filly who gave me a lovely surprise the other day when she won. When you can win that easily, that’s impressive. I thought she might have a bit of a chance after she won at Strasbourg, but there is a bit of a difference between Strasbourg and Auteuil and to win by going away that was impressive.

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A Grade 3 winner over fences, he just stumbled after he jumped the wall on his last start and couldn’t avoid the fall.

Trainer says

He won his Grade 3 in the spring and then had some time off. I then entered him in a handicap over hurdles at Compiegne, but he wasn’t ready yet. I wanted to prepare him for the Prix Orcada where unfortunately he fell when he jumped the wall. I don’t really know what happened, as he is a brilliant jumper and I think that he would have finished fourth or so. He seemed to stumble more than anything. He is in good form and will be my starter in the Grade 1 Prix Maurice Gillois. If he finishes third or fourth, it will be a good performance.

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Unraced.

Trainer says

He too hasn’t run yet, but he is showing me all the signs that he will now be able to make a good impression when he starts running over hurdles. He is a nice colt who took a little while to understand what we wanted, but he is getting there.