The Grand Prix de Paris 2022 is a real treat for horse racing fans this midweek (Thursday, 14th July) as a select field battle it out for the £288,000 first prize. We’ve only 6 Grand Prix de Paris runners heading to Longchamp racecourse, but it’s an international affair with entries from France, Ireland and the UK. We take a look at the final runners, plus give you our Grand Prix de Paris best bet for Thursday’s race.
DID YOU KNOW? – The last four runnings of the Grand Prix de Paris went to a UK or Irish-based yard
What Time Is The 2022 Grand Prix de Paris?
🕙Time: 7:50pm (UK time)
📅Date: Thursday 14th July 2022
🏇Racecourse: Longchamp
💰 Winner: £288,101
📺 TV: Sky
Grand Prix de Paris 2022 Runners
L’ASTRONOME
Trainer: F-H Graffard
Jockey: Christophe Soumillon
Age: 3
Form: 2-111
From the Francis-Henri Graffard yard that won this race in 2015 and heads here in fine fettle with a string of wins next to his name. The last two have also been at Longchamp so the track is fine – with the most recent a head success in the G2 Prix Hocquart at the end of May.
More needed now at the top level and is trying this slightly longer trip for the first time (last win was over 1m3f), but an improving colt that deserves to take his chance. Christophe Soumillon gets the leg-up and has a fine record in this race, with wins in 2022, 2006, 2008 & 2017
ONESTO
Trainer: F Chappet
Jockey: Stephane Pasquier
Age: 3
Form: 12-815
Won well at Saint-Cloud at the start of May in the G2 Prix Greffulhe, but failed to back that up last time in the French Derby (5th). Was still only beaten just under 7 lengths that day though and the form has been boosted with the winner – Vadeni – winning the Coral Eclipse recently.
This Frankel colt is, however, trying this longer trip for the first time so this is a bit of an unknown. But, breeding suggests he’s got a chance of staying the trip and he certainly wasn’t stopping over 1m2 1/2f when winning two outings ago. The Chappet yard are yet to win this race. Stephane Pasquier rides and won this race in 2015 & 2007.
PIZ BADILE
Trainer: Donnacha O’Brien
Jockey: Gavin Ryan
Age: 3
Form: 12-102
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