Pascal Barry’s yard at Chantilly is in flying form. He enjoyed a great May Day Bank Holiday weekend at Saint-Cloud where Pretreville was a superb runner-up in the Group 2 Prix du Muguet and the three-year-old Baby Rider lifted the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe, immediately becoming one of the hot favourites for this year’s Prix du Jockey Club.
“Yes, it’s going well,” confirms the Chantilly-based handler who has won the French Derby six times already, which makes him the most successful active trainer in the race. “The horses are in good health and seem to have been ready earlier than usual. Let’s hope it continues that way.”
Here, he kindly tells Liz Price of attheraces.com about his main hopes for the season.