Francis-Henri Graffard Stable Tour

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Unbeaten in two starts this season, he made a real impact when he beat proven stayer and Group 1 winner Double Major in a 2m7f Listed at Saint-Cloud.

Trainer says

He is starting to become a nice prospect. He is going to run in the Group 3 Prix de Barbeville in May at ParisLongchamp. We will see how he does. He is a nice stayer.”

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Group 3 placed over 9 furlongs he was just beaten by Bright Picture on his seasonal reappearance in the Group Prix Exbury, before being well beaten in the Prix d’Harcourt.

Trainer says

He was very disappointing the other day at ParisLongchamp. I need to regroup and see where I will go with him. He just didn’t run well and I need to rethink. On the back of his last run, we won’t go abroad.

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The world’s highest rated turf horse, he has gone from strength to strength, winning the Japan Cup last year and already a Group 1 winner in 2026 after lifting the Dubai Sheema Classic in Meydan.

Trainer says

He is very well. He came out of Dubai very well. I don’t know if we go back to Epsom, which is an option. I could end up with a few runners in the race, which is a good problem to have. It’s the horse that will tell us. His main target is the King George in July. And then an autumn campaign, but I don’t know yet how we will get there. It has worked really well with the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the King George. So why don’t do I do the same? I won’t go if the ground is too soft, that’s for sure. But he could go back there.

Form profile

Third in the French Oaks, she then won the Group 3 Prix de Psyche from the John & Thady Gosden-trained Life Is Beautiful. She ended her season with a disappointing performance in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet.

Trainer says

She seems happy, so she should start on the 1st of May in a Group 3 over 10 furlongs for fillies. We will start the season there and see where we go. She should stay a mile and a half this year, but she will probably go the way of Prix Allez France, Prix Corrida.

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Connections always thought a lot of this colt who improved throughout the season to finish his three-year-old season with a great victory over Minnie Hauk in the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Trainer says

He is going to start his year in the Prix Ganay. He worked on Wednesday and worked well. He looks really well. He is really strong and has been pleasing me week after week and so I’m looking forward to seeing him on the track and start the season. We are not working back from the Arc. My goal is to have him to 100% for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. That is ideally what I would like to achieve with him this year. The Arc is still a long way away. I’m starting to run him earlier than I wanted to. But he is very strong and he wanted to work. I didn’t want to rush him and so he has been working for a while now. He should be ready in ten days’ time. I’m happy that the races are now coming for him and we can start.

Form profile

Former King George and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner who has travelled the world and won another Group 1 race when he lifted the Grosser Preis von Baden in Germany last year. He made a pleasing reappearance in Doha in the 1m1/2f H.H The Amir Trophy where he was the runner-up to Deep Monster.

Trainer says

He has come back into training and seems in good form. I know he has entry in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, but I don’t think he will go. I think he will either start in France in a Group 3 race, or he will go straight to Epsom for the Coronation Cup. The Coronation Cup or the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot would probably be his main spring targets. I haven’t got a set plan for him yet.

Form profile

A Group 3 winner on her second start, she finished fourth in the Group 3 Prix de Diane and was then brought back in trip to the mile in the Prix Rothschild where she could only finish second last after being very keen in the early stages.

Trainer says

She is very well; she looks great and seems happy to be in training. Either she is going to start in a 7 furlong Listed race or she could start in the Prix du Muguet on the 1st of May. It’s a Group 2 over the mile and she is a filly I would like to drop back to a mile. And we might see her abroad, in England at some stage.

Form profile

Very consistent performer over 1m2f and 1m4f who won is Group 1 placed and who probably produced his best performance when runner-up to Sosie in the Prix Ganay last year.

Trainer says

His last run, it was a typical French race with no pace and he finished very strongly. He will come on from that, so he is a nice prospect for the season over the mile and a half. He will probably run in the Group 3 Prix d’Hedouville and he is a horse who could also go to the Coronation Cup and the Hardwicke.

Form profile

Has gradually been stepped up in trip and after winning a Listed over 1m4f at Clairefontaine last summer, he has produced a solid performance behind stable companion Asmarani and Group 1-winning stayer Double Major in the Listed Prix Right Royal over 1m7f.

Trainer says

I was very happy with his comeback. I definitely think he is a very nice prospect over 12 furlongs and Cup races in Europe. He is a gelding and he still looked a little bit wintery when he ran the other day. I think I might wait a little bit with him. He is definitely a good ground horse, so there is no rush with him.

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Very consistent over 1m4f and produced one of his best performances last summer, when he was the runner-up in a major handicap over 1m4f at Chantilly.

Trainer says

He might go to Ascot. I try to get some horses for the Ascot handicaps. And he is a nice prospect who is very consistent and looks the type to do well in one their handicaps.

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Sprinter who last year won a six furlong Listed and has been Group 1 placed. Her best performance was in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot last year.

Trainer says

She is fine. She came home from Dubai on the same plane as Calandagan. She has taken her trip to Dubai well. She is a five-furlong filly, and her target is the Group 1 over five furlongs at Ascot.

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Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp winner over the mile where he beat proven miler Rosallion by a short head, with The Lion in Winter in third. Went to America for the Breeders’ Cup Mile, where he finished fifth on a track that was probably not to his advantage.

Trainer says

I was very pleased with him throughout the winter. He has wintered really well. I was planning to start him in the Prix du Muguet, but it is too close to the Lockinge Stakes, so I’m going to train him straight for the Lockinge. He is a true miler and in America he was a bit surprised by the track, by the bends. But he ran really well and I think it was just his lack of experience and toughness. He is a good ground horse.

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She won her first three races over 1m2f and 1m4f, including the Group 3 Prix de Royaumont before being beaten a short head behind the Ed Walker-trained Qilin Queen.

Trainer says

I love Sunly, I think she is a fantastic filly. She will probably start in the Group 3 at Saint-Cloud where I might also run Cankoura. She is a mile and a half filly, but I might start her over 10 furlongs and then I hope that she will win a Group 1 for fillies this year. I think that she has the quality to do that.

Form profile

Lightly raced filly who won a Group 3 over 1m2 ½ f and who was not beaten far in the Listed Prix Zarkava on her seasonal reappearance.

Trainer says

She ran really, really well the other day. She now looks much more like her mother Bateel. She is very strong, very different to last year. She might also run in the Group 3 at Saint-Cloud, where I might end up having three runners. She is a nice prospect and hopefully she can climb the ladder.

Form profile

She made some huge progress since last season when she was running in maiden and C2 races before finishing third in a Listed race on the all-weather track at Chantilly over 9 furlongs.

Trainer says

She didn’t run badly last time out and I’m not sure yet, but I would like to give her a go in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches. She galloped out very strongly on her last start and she found herself galloping into the two Wertheimer fillies, which stopped her. But she was right up there with them. She is not a Zarigana, but she deserves to take her chances.

Form profile

Didn’t run as a two-year-old but was a winner on her racecourse debut an 1m2 ½ f race for unraced fillies at ParisLongchamp.

Trainer says

She won well first time out. She is going to run in an 11 furlong Listed race at ParisLongchamp next. She can stay a mile and a half no problem. We will see. She is more than an Oaks filly than a Diane filly. But is she good enough? I don’t know. We might stay home for a Group 3 and go step by step.

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Finished sixth on her debut over 1m2 ½ f.

Trainer says

He is going to run in a mile and a half maiden. He is a late maturing horse, but I like him. I think he has potential and he is ground independent.

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A winner on his racecourse debut last season, he was beaten into last in the Group 3 Prix La Force

Trainer says

He has an entry in the Epsom Derby, but he was not right the other day, and we are a long way from that. He ran very flat. We just have to give him a bit more time, but obviously we think he is a great prospect.

Form profile

A very impressive winner on his racecourse debut in a mile race for unraced colts.

Trainer says

I was expecting him to win, but he did surprise me the way he won. It was basically very easy. He is a gelding, so there is no rush with him. He is going to run in a conditions race on the 7 of May, I think. The way he ran, he is an interesting prospect, but I would like to see him again on the track. I’m not going to get too excited.

Form profile

Runner-up in a Listed in Lyon last year, she was well beaten on her season reappearance in a mile Listed at Saint-Cloud.

Trainer says

She will run in Listed race at Toulouse over 10 furlongs. She is a Listed type filly.

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Unbeaten in two starts, she was an easy winner on her seasonal reappearance in a conditions race on the all-weather.

Trainer says

She is a lovely filly, one of the prospects for the year for us. She is going to run on Friday at Saint-Cloud in the Prix Cleopatre. She is a very big filly, so she needs to run to get really fit. And then she might go for the Prix Saint-Alary and then either the Prix de Diane or the Oaks at Epsom. The way she travelled through the race, she should stay a mile and a half. But on the dam side it’s not a certainty. The next race will tell us where to go.

Form profile

Not been out of the first two in three starts on the all-weather over 9 ½ f.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse. He ran really well the other day. He will run in a 10 furlong Listed at Chantilly which is a Prix du Jockey Club trial. We will see if he is able to take his chance in the Prix du Jockey Club, but he is quite forward and tries. He should be a stakes horse this year.

Form profile

A five furlong Listed winner last year, sprinting is her speciality and following another Listed win over 5 ½ f at Chantilly, she was just beaten in the Group 3 Prix Sigy, where she finished a head behind My Calyx Cen.

Trainer says

She is a very small filly, but she has a very big heart. I was very surprised that she won the other day. Every time I run her, I don’t believe her and she always surprises me. She is a very sweet filly.

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Classic hope who won on the all-weather on his racecourse debut this February and who was only beaten a head on his second start in a conditions race in soft ground at Chantilly.

Trainer says

The ground was terrible on his last start, and he didn’t like that at all. And I also think, he wasn’t quite right that day. I’ve had a couple of horses that were not right. He will be aimed at the Prix de Guiche on the 4th of May. He is my hope for the Prix du Jockey Club, but he has to prove that he is tough enough for that.

Form profile

A Group 3 winner on his third start last season when he won the Prix du Bois Longchamp from the Karl Burke-trained Ali Shuffle, he then didn’t really handle the step up in class to a Group 2 but put in a promising performance when finishing fifth in the Prix Sigy on his reappearance.

Trainer says

Moojeed is definitely a very nice prospect. He has done very well physically. I think he can be a fun horse this year over the shorter trips. In fact, not further than 6 furlongs.

Form profile

Extremely consistent filly, who ran third in the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac and produced another nice performance on her seasonal reappearance in the Prix de la Grotte, when she ran second to the Karl Burke-trained Evolutionist.

Trainer says

She ran really well in the Prix de la Grotte. The main objective was to get her to settle because she was a bit keen in the Marcel Boussac. She took a long time to settle in that race. She had an outside draw in the Prix de la Grotte and from that outside draw we said to MickaEl was to make sure to get some cover. It was a seasonal debut, and she did the best sectionals in the straight and really picked up. What pleased us is that whilst she pinged out of the stalls and was a bit keen, as soon as he found cover, she settled pretty well. She is my filly for the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches.

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Formerly trained by Ralph Beckett, she is unbeaten in two starts over the mile, including a Listed at Newmarket.

Trainer says

I’m struggling with her. She is very wintery and she hasn’t been well, so she is going for a spell. I have struggled with her since she has arrived, so we will have to see.

Form profile

Didn’t run as a two-year-old and finished towards the back of the field on her debut at Saint-Cloud over 1m2f.

Trainer says

She was not right when she ran the other day. That is why she ran so poorly. She is definitely a lovely filly, but I have to give her a bit of time, and she needs a bit of sun on her back.

Form profile

Promising colt who was a Group 3 winner on his second start and a promising third in the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere behind impressive winner Puerto Rico.

Trainer says

What he did last year when he won the Group 3 on good, fast ground was very good. He got a bit far back in the Group 1 but he is a horse that we have always liked. He will not run in the 2000 Guineas. He missed the trial at ParisLongchamp, as he was a little bit flat in his work. He was fit, but he just didn’t please us in his last bit of work. I’m going to try and get him ready for the French 2000 Guineas. He has a good turn of foot, but obviously has to prove it.

Form profile

Has entries in the classic races after a convincing victory in a Listed over 9 furlongs on the all-weather at Chantilly. But didn’t really play any part on his seasonal reappearance in the Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau.

Trainer says

He needed to run but missed the Prix de la Force because he was not right. So he ran in the Prix de Fontainebleau, but I got the trip wrong. It was way too short for him, but he finished nicely. He will run in a trial for the Prix du Jockey Club, and I think the moment I step him up in trip, he will be interesting to follow.

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Won her maiden on her second start last year but was well beaten in the Group 3 Prix Imprudence on her seasonal reappearance.

Trainer says

She ran well the other day at Deauville. She is a Listed class filly so I will see where I will go next with her.

Form profile

She is progressing nicely from maiden placed to maiden winner over 1m2 ½ f.

Trainer says

She won the other day and is a very nice prospect. I think she is a stakes filly in the making. I don’t know where to go next with her. She has an entry in the Prix Saint Alary. She has a strong turn of foot and the way she ran the other day was very nice. I think there is improvement in her and she can be competitive in Stakes races.

Form profile

Enjoyed a very good two-year-old season, progressively climbing the ladder and culminating in a Group 2 win over six furlongs. Just beaten on his seasonal reappearance in the Group 3 Prix Djebel.

Trainer says

Samangan came out of his race really well. I still have to talk to Princess Zahra and Nemone but my aim is to go with him to the 2000 Guineas in Newmarket. He is an absolutely beautiful horse. He has strengthened over the winter; he is relaxed and the only question mark with him is if he will stay the Rowley Mile trip. He ran well the other day, and I think that he can improve from that run and that is why I would like to give it a try. He is a good ground horse.

Form profile

Finished towards the back of the field on his debut in a 1m2 ½ f race for unraced colts.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse, but very immature mentally and physically. The race the other day didn’t work out for him, and he was still very green. He will come on from that, and he will improve throughout the season.

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Unbeaten in two starts last year and winner of a five furlong Listed in the summer at Deauville. Stepped up in trip to 7 furlongs for her seasonal reappearance in the Group 3 Prix Imprudence where she finished fourth.

Trainer says

It was a good comeback after a long time off. She is a sweet filly. I don’t know where I will go with her. She won’t go to England, as she won’t stay the trip.

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Won on his debut in April this year in a 1m2 ½ f race at ParisLonchamp.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse, a very good looking horse. He is a nice prospect. He will either run next week in a conditions race at ParisLongchamp or he could run in the Prix Greffuhle. He can get a bit stressed, not in his work, but before hand he can get worked up. So, we might take our time with him.

Form profile

A Group 3 winner on his third start at Saint-Cloud last year, he has already run twice this season, producing good performances but without making a big impact yet.

Trainer says

He ran well last time out, and I think he will stay a mile and a half, but he needs a strong pace. I will see where I will go with him. I haven’t had him that long so I’m still learning. But he is definitely a good ground horse. He hated the ground at Saint-Cloud. He ran well last time out, and I think he will stay a mile and a half, but he needs a strong pace. I will see where I will go with him. I haven’t had him that long so I’m still learning. But he is definitely a good ground horse. He hated the ground at Saint-Cloud.

Form profile

Unraced

Trainer says

He will start his season in May, probably over the mile. He is quite keen and very immature and very much still an unknown quantity.

Form profile

Precocious two-year-old who won on her debut at Saint-Cloud in March but was then beaten 4 lengths by the Amy Murphy-trained colt Tokaido.

Trainer says

She won first time out but then the form was turned around with Tokaido. The two-year-old programme in France is a disaster, so she had to go there with a penalty. We would love to take her to Ascot, but she has to get tougher and prove that she is good enough to go there.