Godolphin in France Stable Tour

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Won a 1 ½ m Listed at Saint-Cloud on his last start in 2020 and tailed in last in the Group 2 Prix d’Harcourt on his seasonal reappearance.

Trainer says

Algiers is a horse that was very progressive last year. He is a big, heavy horse, who probably will need a couple of races to really get wound up for fitness. He was obviously disappointing in the Prix d’Harcourt, but so far nothing sinister has come to light and maybe a drop in class before being brought along in the same progressive manner again like last year is the way forward. He definitely has the physical scope, and we believe he has the ability to be a good horse, but he probably just needs some time. 1 ½ m looks like being his trip.

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Very lightly raced, principally over the mile. A Group 3 winner two years ago, could make no impression on his seasonal reappearance in a Listed at Saint-Cloud.

Trainer says

He is a bit of an enigma to us. We have been a bit disappointed with him. He has ability, but mentally he is a bit delicate. We would like him to get his confidence back.

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Never ran until this year when she won a Class 3 race over 1m5f at Fontainebleau.

Trainer says

She is a sister to Sublimis. She won at Fontainebleau and she has been handled very patiently by her trainer and we hope that she can pay back that patience. Now that she has been given the time that she needed, she is a straightforward filly with a good temperament, good attitude and she is also good-looking. We hope that she can add to her family’s black type record.

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Very lightly raced, he produced a brilliant performance when finishing third in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup.

Trainer says

He ran so well in Dubai and we are so proud of him. He is such a brave horse, and he is also very, very lightly raced. It’s no secret to say that he is quite a fragile horse. His run in Dubai really showed his ability and his courage. We were so thrilled with him and when he got down, William Buick said that André should consider bringing him back next year. We try not to think too far into the future with Magny Cours. The main thing is that he is well and happy and that he came back sound from Dubai. Hopefully he will get a chance again to run at Group 1 level again in France and if he remains sound, then there is no reason why he couldn’t go back next year. He has an entry in the Prix Ganay, but we will go day by day and he certainly won’t be pushed. He is in good form at the moment, which is all the more pleasing, considering he could have had a hard time travelling to Dubai and running such a big race, but he appears to be very happy in himself.

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A winner of a 1 ½ m handicap, he was the runner-up in the Group 2 Prix Chaudenay over 1m7f.

Trainer says

He has had a minor setback and we are in no rush with him. He will have a programme of staying races in the second half of the year.

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Unbeaten this season in two starts, including a 1 ½ m Listed at ParisLongchamp.

Trainer says

He improved again from four to five. He is a very straight forward horse who has now won two races on the bounce, which is great as his confidence last year took a bit of a hit in the Prix du Cadran. He quickly decided that it wasn’t a race for him, which was wise as it seems to have been a race that left its mark on a lot of runners. He came back tired, despite the fact he downed tools early! He has done really well over the winter, mentally and physically. He is improving and there are plenty of options from ten furlongs onwards. It’s not impossible that he could return to the longer distances, but he shows a good turn of foot over the shorter trips and so he has many options.

Form profile

Won the French 2,000 Guineas last year and was last seen finishing fifth behind stable companion Persian King in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

Trainer says

Victor Ludorum is in good form. He did really well for his break in Newmarket. The goal is really to get another top-level win into him this year. He’ll probably stay over a mile and with this in mind he could start in the Prix du Muguet. It could come a bit soon for him, but if Andre feels he is well, he could run and that could be a steppingstone to the rest of the season. We will take one race at the time, but the long-term aim is to get him to the summer Group 1 races over a mile.

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Full brother to Victor Ludorum. Fourth on debut at Cholet on Wednesday,

Trainer says

Expectations are very different to his brother, as he is still unraced. He finished fourth at Cholet racecourse on the 21st of April, but whilst he is entered in a few Group 1 races, he isn’t going to run in them. Hopefully, we will be able to learn a bit more about him after Cholet, but obviously, he hasn’t shown the same speed and precocity as his brother.

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Runner-up behind the Mark Johnston trained Gear Up in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud on his last start in 2020.

Trainer says

He has had a minor setback. He is a nice horse with hopefully decent prospects over middle distances, but probably more towards the back end of the season. It’s unlikely that he will get to the Prix du Jockey Club in time, but hopefully he can come out in June, with maybe the Grand Prix de Paris as a target. We definitely think that he is a nice horse. He has a good attitude and hopefully he can go forward now with no more setbacks.

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Winner of a 7f listed last season, he made a promising seasonal reappearance in the Group 3 Prix La Force over 9 furlongs.

Trainer says

We were absolutely delighted with his run in the Prix La Force, but we learnt that he probably needs to be dropped back to seven or eight furlongs. So he’ll probably follow a programme along these lines. We haven’t mentioned the Poule d’Essai for him, he might go for a seven-furlong race next, as there are plenty of options over this trip in May and June.

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Has run three times already this season over 5 ½ twice and 6 furlongs and was twice the runner-up, including in a Listed at Chantilly.

Trainer says

She is a very straight forward filly with plenty of speed and the minimum trip suits her. Should opportunities allow, she has the potential to be competitive in Listed/Group races against her own age.

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Won his maiden on his second start last year on the all-weather at Chantilly.

Trainer says

Mond is another horse with an interesting profile and another one we considered a horse with ambitions for this season, but he missed a couple of days training in early April and while this doesn’t change much as he was pretty fit, it just means that his seasonal debut will be pushed back to early May. He is a quality horse, and we hope he can be a Stakes performer over ten to twelve furlongs.

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A listed winner last season, he was the well beaten favourite on his seasonal reappearance in the Prix de Fontainebleau.

Trainer says

Andre Fabre wasn’t completely dissatisfied with his last race. He possibly had a few excuses. It was a trial race after all. He has come out of the race in good form and all going well, he will line up in the French Guineas. Andre has a slight suspicion that he might be better on softer ground but equally we know that he’ll face other proven soft-ground performers at Longchamp in May.

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Unbeaten in two starts, she lifted the Group 3 Prix Penelope in great style.

Trainer says

She is such a beautiful filly who has bags of class and she was ear-marked by her trainer as a potential Prix de Diane filly very early on. Andre said that he would like to run her in the French Guineas en route to the Diane, which is not an illogical route to take. He quite often does that with his better horses to use the Guineas as a trial for the Prix du Jockey Club or the Prix de Diane. She is obviously very lightly raced and very inexperienced, but she does have lots of class. Andre feels she could be anything.

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A winner on the all-weather, he was only just beaten in the Group 3 Prix Djebel over seven furlongs.

Trainer says

He is great, very straight forward. He has improved every race he has run. At the moment it is not inconceivable that he will run in the French Guineas, but a decision hasn’t been made yet. He could be more of a horse for the Prix Jean Prat later in the season.

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Just beaten a nose by the Pascal Bary trained Serpent’s Tooth on her debut over 9 furlongs in a conditions race in April.

Trainer says

She finished second first time out and our first reaction was that we were a little disappointed that she got beaten, because we think quite a bit of her. But it does look like quite a decent race and she was beaten by another good filly who is held in very high regards. We think she could be a stakes filly over the middle distance, over ten or twelve furlongs.

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Has won his last three starts on the all-weather and was last seen lifting a Listed over 6 ½ f at Chantilly.

Trainer says

He is a lovely horse, very straight forward with a great temperament. He has a fantastic attitude. He was a bit under the weather for a couple of days last week so unfortunately, he is not running in the Group race at Chantilly this week. He has plenty of speed and hopefully, he will come back to run in the Prix Texanita at Chantilly in May.

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Has run three times already this season. Following a success over 9 ½ f on the all-weather at Chantilly, he was then placed fifth in a Listed over 9 furlongs, again on the all-weather at Chantilly.

Trainer says

He improved from two to three, both mentally and physically. He was quite a difficult horse last year, which is why he was gelded. And that has been the making of him. There were only eleven days between his win at Chantilly and the listed race. It just took a bit out of him, but Andre believes that he will be a stakes horse later in the year.