dunlaying

Los Angeles 0
Iresine +1
Sosie +1
Almaqam +1
Map Of Stars +3
Byzantine Dream +3
Arrow Eagle +5

This is tricky since most are Arc bound and will not be 100% fit .
Iresine goes well here and runs well when fresh .
Do not write him off as he ran a fine race in last year's Champion .  A plausible e/w hope .

Lazzat 0
Time For Sandals +1
Diligent Harry +1 h'cap form probably +6
No Half Measure +2
Sky Majesty +2
Ain't Nobody +2
Big Mojo +3
Art Power +3
Sayidah Dariyan +4
James's Delight +4
Celandine +4 res
Rage Of Bamby +5
My Mate Alfie +5
Inisherin +5
Annaf +5
Run To Freedom +6
Kind Of Blue +6
Flora Of Bermuda +6
Beauvatier +6
Nightdress +7 res


2lb per length so wide open , No Half Measure has run well here and Diligent Harry could surprise a few people .
........Lazzat should drift and if it touches 7/2 it becomes backable.
Saturday
Santagada 0
North Reliance +1
Nyra +3
Innora +3
Lady Charlotte +4
Egina +5
Tatami Starlet +5
Fire And Ice +7 non runner
Weltebeste +8

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Sunday
Zabiari 0
Make Me King 0
Penalty +1
Geography +1
Best Lightning +1
Short Final +4
Quebec +4
Glady Tiger ?
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Goliath 0
Dubai Honour +3
Straight +3
Alleno +3
Cold Heart +5
Path Of Soldier +7
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Aventure 0
Whirl 0
Survie +1
Gezora +1
Bedtime Story +1
Ginalyah +5
Whirl has to be a lay here . The top two are Arc probables and will not be 100% fit . If you have your wits about you you will have noticed what looks like a discrepancy . It is not wrong , I have used the correct wfa scale .
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Rosallion 0
Persica +2
Henri Matisse +3
Alcantor +3
The Lion In Winter +4
Sahlan +4
Quddwah +4
Lead Artist +4
Dancing Gemini +5
Mahaba Ya Sanali +6
Go To Fast +7+
Serengeti +10

Publish 0
A Bit Of Spirit 0
Humidity +1
Pacific Avenue +6+
Looks +6
He's Walim +7+
Oceans Four +9

Before declarations Godolphin had the top rated , Wild Desert .

Every horse has his price and 66/1 about the Meehan gelding is too big   also soft ground might suit him .

Qirat -1???
Rosallion 0
Exactly +1
Maranoa Charlie +2
Audience +2
Annaf +5
Never So Brave +6
Lake Forest +6
Seagulls Eleven +8
Quinault +10
Qirat +12
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Cinderellas Dream 0
Start Of Day +5
Survie +6
Bedtime Story +6
Cankoura +6
Quisiana +7
Grand Stars +7
Royal Dress +8

I have omitted the Prix Morny because the 2 y o form is like shifting sand . The Coventry form is starting to look shaky and a Wes Ward runner is unknown to me .
No Such Thing is looking very well treated at the moment .

Thrice 0
Lambourn +1
Mount Kilimanjaro +1
Stay True +3
Arabian Force +4
Carmers +5
Pride Of Arras +5

The top figure comes from the Irish Sweeps and is quite likely to be a fluke but there are lines that lend some weight to the argument for Thrice . You can forget his 2 y o form .
Do not overlook the penalties carried by Lambourn and Carmers .
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Distant Storm 0
Italy +4
Goʻodwood Galaxy +4
Rochford Bridge +6
Sovereign Ocean +8
Gowan +9
May Angel +9
Oceans Four +13
Not as clear cut as it seems since the top one is a breeze up purchase . Several of the others could come forward by 7lb or more .
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Asfoora 0
Lady Iman +2
Rumstar +3
Arizona Blaze +3
Spartan Arrow +3
Frost At Dawn +3
Night Raider +4
Mgheera +4
Washington Heights +5
She's Quality +5
Sayidah Dariyan +5
Jm Jungle+5
Celandine +5
Kerdos +6
Spicy Marg +7
Manaccan +10
Ain't Nobody +11

The figure for Asfoora is from Ascot . She was outpaced in this last year and there is no lack of pace this time .
The York form for Washington Heights is worth reading .
3lb per length here

Danon Decile 0
Ombudsman 0
Delacroix +1
See The Fire +1
Birr Castle +2
Daryz +4+

The general level for Birr Castle is around +8 but the +2 and a +3 are in the book . He has form with Ace Impact . I would genuinely piss myself if Andre Fabre won it with a horse that he had lent to John Gosden .
When Danon Decile won in the desert he beat Calandagan , Durezza , Rebels Romance and Shin Emperor . Nec Plus Ultra .
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Great Generation 0
Duty First 0
Spy Chief +1
Rage Of Bamby +1
Kings Gamble +1
Witness Stand +2
Alyanaabi +2
Marvelling +4
Fair Angellica +4
More Thunder +5

The order is on countback . At a general 25/1 Duty First must rate as a first class e/w bet given her form behind Lake Victoria .

Rebels Romance 0
Junko +2
Straight +2
Narrativo +4
Cold Heart +6
Nastaria +6

It might look easy but remember that Straight was only beaten a neck by the likely favourite at Cologne last season and Junko could be coming back to form .
Straight had a problem with the heat in the desert which might explain his poor recent form .

I have not removed any from the list and will add some that could get an entry . It looks ridiculous at the moment but give it time and it will look better , I hope . Once thinned out I will check them manually .

Quisisana 0*
Alohi Alii 0
Aventure 0*
Los Angeles 0*
Croix Du Nord 0*
Minnie Hauk +1* ntbs
White Birch +1
Sosie +1*
Kalpana +1
Gezora +1
Daryz +2+
Byzantine Dream +2
Giavellotto +2*
Hotazhell +3* if the rain arrives he would not be without a chance .
Cualificar +3+
Leffard +4
Estrange +4
Arrow Eagle +5

* G1 winners , I need to check them .


The list looks odd because of the different wfa scale in use . Main difference being that the 3 y o fillies are allowed 4lb instead of 3lb . Any changes would only shore up the position of Camille Pissarro . If he is confirmed as a runner he should be on every punter's shortlist . A dual Gp1 winner that had the winners of three subsequent Gp1s behind him in one of his victories . Not forgetting a good third , from a bad draw , in another Gp1 and a fine run in The Eclipse . Two wins from three trips to France , he has Autumn form and showed improved form last back end . That does not mean that he will improve this Autumn but we can rest assured that he is not likely to go backwards . He is too high to improve more than a pound or two .My rating for him is possibly too high but his run last time out persuaded me to stick with it for he was running on ground that might have been too fast for him and he was favouring his near fore during the last furlong .
On the debit side he has still to prove that he gets 12f . And if he does not turn up here he will be of interest wherever he runs .
Aloha Alii won easily and two lines from the race suggest that his high rating is justified .
Yesterday's run from Los Angeles was good too since his trainer told everybody that the horse was going to run off of his bed .
The B & H form is messy but it would be mean not to put Ombudsman up 2lb .
The figure for Tornado Alert looks OK since Quest Forr Moon and Grand Stars help his case and a couple of others have done no harm to it .
Kalpana was not fully fit at Kempton but , not for the first time , she looked as if she does not like to be in front .
The first and obvious lay is Minnie Hauk . She should be 14/1 at least .Aventure is too short as well .
Los Angeles is too big at 40/1 .
Hotazhell will not run here but he ran to his best figure at Leopardstown  and , considering that it was not his ground , a race could come his way . The same applies to White Birch . Of the first 4 in the Irish Champion only Anmaat ran below personal best . Shin Emperor was not disgraced having his first run for 5 months .
Al Riffa is not coming here but he should . He is entered , in the form of his life , has form from 7f to 14f , goes on any ground and , on paper , the race looks wide open . He has won THREE G1 events and has finished close up behind Ace Impact and City of Troy . If he was yours , would you run him ? Of course you would .
Down to 18 and nearly all of them could be given a chance .
N B Aventure is 1lb worse off with both Sosie and Los Angeles compared to last years running .
Alohi Alii form has taken a knock from Dumonet .
The latest meteo for Paris suggests evens rain most of Friday and 4/6 about the same for Saturday .
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Zavateri 0
Gstaad +1
Benvenuto Cellini +1
Dorset +1
Power Blue +2
Bow Echo +3
Morris Dancer +3
Wise Approach +3
Distant Storm +3
Constitution River +3
Alparslan +4+
Gewan +4
North Coast +4?
Brussels +5
Humidity +5
Words Of Truth +5
Saba Desert +5
Action +6
Puerto Rico +6
Italy +6
Wild Desert +7
Time To Turn +7
A Bit Of Spirit +7
Publish +7
Pacific Avenue +8
Oxagon +8
Montreal +8
Hawk Mountain +9


Not all of these have an entry .


Provisionals are included . The figure for Daytona could get help tomorrow . I wait with bated breath .
That bubble went pop within minutes but Daytona never looked happy at Deauville .
The Solario result appears to shore up the ratings of Zavateri and Morris Dancer . North Coast is still problematic .

Garden Of Eden 0
Santagada 0
Spirited Style +3
Nicoreni +5
Starlight Lips +5
Lady Charlotte +5
Lips Vega +7
No figures for the others .
There is a doubt about Santagada on this ground but her stablemate goes on it .
Live on Wett Star youtube . FTV
Result Nicorini beat Innora , Nyra and Starlight Lips .It looked as if Santagada went on the ground but had nowhere to go at times and I believe Andreas lost his cosh .
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Matilda 0
Fallen Angel +1
January +1
Mandanaba +2
Exactly +2
Atsila +2
Crimson Advocate +4
Start Of Day +6
Godspeed +6
Pina Sonata +7
Spiritual +8
Riyabovka +15
Pinta +15

Matilda has been reduced and is now on a realistic perch but this is the acid test .
Do not forget that it is 2lb per length .

I had Seven Questions in mind for the King George but the owner ran Khaadem instead . My reasons for fancying him were that he goes on any ground , he handles undulations ,  he stays 6 and probably could get 7 on a good day . All these points could stand him in good stead tomorrow . He has good recent form with JM Jungle who has just won the Group race .
As a baby he showed a deal of promise and in his second season he must have had a setback as he was off for nine months . His come back runs have been promising but he probably needs to find a few pounds . A speculative punt but far from forlorn hope .