Form profile

A winner over hurdles at Fontainebleau last season, she was tried in a Grade 2 fillies only race at Auteuil where she was well beaten, but was then switched to chasing at Pau and promptly won.

Trainer says

I always thought a lot of her. She is good looking filly who is made for chasing. She is a very talented jumper. She will run again at Pau over fences and then we shall see what we do. If she does win again, we will have no other choice but to run her in Paris.

Form profile

Unbeaten last season in four starts over cross-country fences, he was just beaten by Saint Godefroy on his latest start over the cross-country fences in Pau.

Trainer says

I asked his jockey to ride him patiently as the ground was very heavy and that is not what he prefers. But he finished his race very well and could have won, but the main target is the Grand Cross on the 9th of February. I said in the past that he was not a horse for Cheltenham, but I am thinking about it. I just miss the Festival and it’s not the same if you go without a runner.

Form profile

A Pau specialist, he took the lead in the 2m3 ½ f Prix Alfonso de Portago as he was leaving the bend and the others never got to him.

Trainer says

He should have run this week, but he is slightly lame. I don’t think it’s anything serious, but I didn’t want to risk it. He is a horse that is improving with age. He can go chasing and he can also run in the Cross-Country Chases. I don’t know yet what I will do, but I probably will target the Cross-Country with him. He won the other day, but I think stepping up in class is going to be difficult and so I think the Cross-Country might be the better option for him.

Form profile

Very consistent, has really taken to the big fences at Auteuil and was the winner of the Grade 3 Prix Fondeur, which he won quite easily.

Trainer says

He has now reached maturity and has no choice but to run in the Group races. He will run on the 15th of February in a Group race at Auteuil.

Form profile

Does well at Pau. Has run three times already at Pau this winter in a Cross Country Chase and also in a Class 3 chases. On his last start, he was fourth in a 2m3½f chase where he couldn’t get to the winner, but finished well.

Trainer says

He is a nice little horse who will run in Cross Country Chases, but I don’t expect any miracles.

Form profile

Winner of a handicap chase at Pau in December, she finished 5th in the Prix Louis Sallenave chase, the same race where Kermillis finished third.

Trainer says

She won a handicap and then I ran her again too quickly. She finished fifth, which is my fault. I should have waited a little longer. She is not an outstanding filly and I think her five-year-old season will be difficult. I think she’s handled the easy part and now it’s going to get harder.

Form profile

Won a chase handicap at Lyon in November and finished third in a conditions chase at Pau, where she was not beaten far.

Trainer says

She is a good filly, who is very consistent. She hasn’t got that many options left in Pau. In the easy races she would have to carry a lot of weight, so I don’t know yet what I will do. She will probably run one more time at Pau, but then we will go to Compiegne. I think she has the right profile for that track.

Form profile

Very good and consistent chaser, he won the Grade 3 Prix Morgex from Bon Garçon and Kentucky Wood in December at Auteuil.

Trainer says

He is in great form. The French program is difficult for horses that have enjoyed a good four-year-old season, because you then are looking at the good events for five-year-olds and older horses, so horses that are more experienced and tougher. I think in the spring we shall see what we do. He will tell us. Maybe he will make his seasonal debut in a hurdle race and then go chasing. I don’t know yet, but I don’t want his five-year-old season to ruin him for the future. We did think about bringing him to England, but that won’t happen in the spring. Maybe in the autumn.

Form profile

Won a 1m4f flat race for AQPS horses and won on his hurdle debut at Pau.

Trainer says

He is a very good horse who had won on the flat in 2023. He was then sold to Ireland, but didn’t pass the vet, which is okay, because sometimes it’s good to keep the good horses. He is very, very good. He will run again over hurdles on the 19th of January and then he will go chasing.

Form profile

Travelled for a long time at the back of the field and then came home well to finish third on her debut in the Prix d’Arthez at Pau.

Trainer says

She is a good filly and frankly, I thought she would win the other day on her debut. I was a bit disappointed that she didn’t win. She ran well, maybe made too much of an effort, but if nothing happens to her, she will be a good filly.

Form profile

Fourth on her hurdle début in Pau last December, finishing just behind her stable mate La Loire.

Trainer says

She is a small filly, who hasn’t got a lot of class, but who works well. She is quite efficient, she is easy to ride, but it’s not going to be easy for her.

Form profile

Ran a few times in races for AQPS last season before making her debut over hurdles in October and then ran for the second time over hurdles in November in Lyon where she was the runner-up.

Trainer says

It’s going to be very complicated. She is very difficult, she doesn’t breathe and mentally she needs a lot of work. She was the runner-up in a small race and I fear she hasn’t got the brightest future ahead of her.

Form profile

Ran three times on the flat in 2024 and was an impressive winner on her hurdles debut in Pau, when she won a fillies’ only race by eight lengths.

Trainer says

She comes from a good family. All her sisters and brothers are winners. I think she is very good, because she didn’t jump well at all throughout the race, as she made far too much of an effort. She has a lot of class on the flat, which made the difference in the final stages. I think she will quickly move to chasing. She might make her chase debut at Pau at the beginning of February.

Form profile

Made his debut at Auteuil in October, then had a few months off and was the runner-up in a hurdle race at Pau.

Trainer says

A rather small horse. He still needs some time. We thought he would grow, but he hasn’t really. He still needs to come into himself.

Form profile

Group 3-placed in a flat race for AQPS, he was not beaten much when he was the runner-up on his hurdle debut in Pau.

Trainer says

He ran very well the other day. It was my fault he was beat as I asked the jockey to ride him a little too positively in front. He is a very, very good horse. A proper Auteuil horse. He will run again at Pau over hurdles and then he will go chasing at Auteuil.

Form profile

Won convincingly on his debut at Pau three weeks ago.

Trainer says

His debut was very good. He comes from a good family, so I don’t deserve any credit. I didn’t do anything. He is good and obviously it’s easier to train a good horse than a bad one. I don’t know where he will run next. He is a horse for Auteuil, so he could run again at Pau, but might also go straight to Auteuil. He is big horse, a late developer, which is the reason why he only made his debut now. But I think he will improve a lot. He is a chaser in the making.

Form profile

Ran on the flat once and then made his debut at Pau where he finished fourth in heavy ground.

Trainer says

Again, a small horse that made a promising debut. I expect him to do well in the future. He will run again at Pau before the end of the meeting.

Form profile

Ran four times on the flat without being placed. Entered to make her debut.

Trainer says

She will run soon. She didn’t show much on the flat and I hope that she is better over jumps. I am waiting for her to reveal herself.

Form profile

Very consistent hurdler, won two races in Strasbourg last season before finishing runner-up in two hurdle races at Auteuil, including a Listed race.

Trainer says

He is not in Pau. He is being trained for Auteuil. He will go chasing now. He has some class.

Form profile

Tried to make all on his second start in a Cross-Country Chase, the Prix Joseph d’Artiste at Pau but lost his place after making a mistake but then came back nicely to finish fourth.

Trainer says

I’m struggling a little with him as to send him chasing or cross-country chasing. But I think he will become a horse for the Cross-Country Chases. The other day he made a big mistake at a bad time, but I think he actually could become a horse for Cheltenham. The Cross-Country Chases in England is very different to the ones in France. He might be more suited for the Cheltenham Cross-Country Chase.