The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud is another of the big feature Group One races this Sunday and there’s a strong UK and Irish presence in the French race that include last season’s St Leger winner – Hurricane Lane – who looks likely to go off as the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud favourite.
Hurricane Lane Market Leader For Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud
The Charlie Appleby-trained Hurricane Lane @ 5/4 with 888Sport has been put in as the favourite for this Sunday’s Group One Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and Godolphin’s main man in the saddle – William Buick – is making the trip over to France to ride too.
We last saw Hurricane Lane running third in the Group Three Hardwicke at Royal Ascot in June, but that was his first run for 258-days and should strip a lot fitter this time.
With an official rating of 123 this 4 year-old is the top-rated in the race too and if successful will the first winner in the race for Godolphin, Wiliam Buick and Charlie Appleby.
A Strong UK and Irish Presence For Group One Prize
Away from Hurricane Lane, the nine runners for Sunday’s Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud see another four UK/Irish-based entries too – meaning less than half of the field are French-trained.
Roger Varian sends over his Third Realm, who comes here full of confidence after an easy 6 length Listed race win at Goodwood. While Lone Eagle (Martyn & Freddie Meade), plus the useful filly – Alpinista, who bypassed Saturday’s Lancashire Oaks to head here and is a three-time Group One winner in Germany, has a live chance too for the Sir Mark Prescott team.
The Aidan O’Brien runner – High Definition – will also be flying the flag for the overseas yards – O’Brien also won this race 12 months ago with his recent Royal Ascot scorer – Broome, which is his sole success in the contest to date.
See the full runners and betting below.
UK and Irish Trainers Have Won 44% Of The Last 18 Runnings
The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud has been a decent race for the UK and Irish-trained runners in recent years. Since 2004, they’ve mopped up 8 wins between them with the likes of Sir Michael Stoute (3 wins), Luca Cumani, Mick Channon, Lady Cecil, John Gosden and Aidan O’Brien the winning stables.
Mare Australis Leads The French Challenge
Looking at the French-based runners, then it’s hard to ignore the record in the race of trainer Andre Fabre – with eight Grand Prix de…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Sportslens.com…