Grand Prix de Paris Longchamp 14th July

Are the acceptors anywhere online to view?
I've tried & failed to track them down, though I do believe Kesampour is declared.

He looks a promising stayer, and is on my St.Leger short-list.

Imperial Monarch 6/4 fav with PP

All the best to him on Saturday

small field but ground should be ok for him,see Fabre has horse called Last Train in it,know nothing about him other than he's by Rail Link who won same race on way to Niel and Arc few yrs back,anyone who has won race 11 times has to be respected

I'm not saying Imperial Monarch won't win but comparing his misfortune with Saint Baudolino's run is bananas!
Fabre's colt was murdered in the French Derby, and he still finished second.

Such eye-catching losers have a habit of disappointing, and it could be worth looking elsewhere.

I'm pondering laying the front pair as well as Main Sequence (far from convinced he's group one despite his Derby second, and the Shantaram form) so losses (if any) would be minimal in having 'the field' running for me.

I saw the betting for this on ATR;
Imperial Monarch 6/4
Saint Baudolino  5/2
Main Sequence    5/2

At those prices, the figures work out at 99% which in English means you're only gonna lose £1 for a possible £100 total liability!

That just cannot be right...having the rest of them (6 outsiders) running for you, and in effect laying a 1.01 shot!

Has anyone got some updated betting for this, as the ATR show has to be nonsense.

http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-racing-betting/international-racing/europe/...

Thanks mate...that's more like a normal book - I think that ATR show was their best buddies (big three) taking the piss!

2/1 + on here.

Are AOB's horses running well .. have not done much at Newmarket this week.

AOBs horses running **** all week in Ireland as well.

Leave this to the French master Mr Fabre.

Decided to take 15/8 about IM

Probably a short price given he is on foreign soil and there are doubts about stable form, but there is a strong suspicion he is a pretty good horse based on his Sandown win and his luckless run in the French Derby. Just hope Joseph doesnt make a mess of it.

will be interesting to see how IM runs then....if he flops then I'll forget about Treasure Beach later in the Man O War.

GRAND PRIX DE PARIS   2 points ew main sequence  5/1 L

7.15 Hamilton

1 point e/w  Colonel Mak  8/1 boil sport

last two postings wrong thread .....ignore

I can't say I'm confident of the outcome of this race, but one thing I am sure of, is that Imperial Monarch is a very false price at 11/8.

You can back the next three in the betting at a similar combined SP to O'Brien's colt, and I think he represents appalling value with quite a few unexposed & unknown quantities in this - he might well win, but he's a definite LAY for me.

I've had a bash at Hard Dream (18's on here) as he didn't have the smoothest of runs in the French Derby but still stayed on well, and there are question marks against the entire field - he may be value.

He is 7/4 on here.

maybe not, you are right 11/8 on here ..

sintonian that was an absolutely superb performance from him there!

now for the Beach :)

Here we go again, guessing games, what won?

Imperial Monarch

SoF - agreed squire...the form book will say short-head, but that was a really tenacious display.

Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right about Aidan withdrawing him from the Irish Derby, paving the way for Camelot.

Thanks uncle.

great performance by IM,long overdue grp1 for him,long train ran very well too,interesting that he never ran as a 2 yr old like his sire rail link,could be one to keep an eye on

Last Train the one for me. Last time he finishes behind Imperial Monarch imo.  Roll on October.

cheers Sof. He looked short but it had to be done!

Shades of Giant Causeway the way he battled back after being headed.

IM doesn't deserve to lose it (though if so, I would win a few quid ) but these French stewards can be unpredictable

Oh dear. My BF accoutn not credited yet .. Stewards still ..

hope youre right HM backed him at fancy prices for Arc 2 days ago,going the right way,ya'd imagine Prix Niel will be next

He keeps it. Dont know if im biased but genuinely cannot see a single thing he did wrong. It must have been the places they were sorting out.

Shades of the Giant indeed sintonian

Well played IM backers - but Main Sequence was clearly the best horse in that race imo. A clear boost to the Camelot form that until tonight I thought was very questionable

I think he was still a bit green in front Roo. A couple of pacemakers and a target for him to aim at next time should be right up his street.

Main Sequence clearly unlucky though for sure.

I agree that it was a very good performance sint and maybe has the greater long term potential - but yesterday the best horse was Main Sequence imo and would have gone past IM with a clear passage and at a rate that would not have allowed IM to respond.

Dangerous to disagree with HM but I would have IM to confirm form with Last Train

Haven't seen the race so can't comment on how unlucky he was but I can't understand why Main Sequence, as an English based horse, wasn't aimed at the KG - always used to be a great race for 3 year olds?

Cannot disagree with that uncle but they all finished in a bit of heap ( granted it was a French race ) and overall just don't think the 3yos are all that this year. Connections probably saw this as a better opportunity for a GP1 win

Liked the way IM quickened clear then held on through sheer guts and desire not to let anything past ,despite it looking like
his stamina ran out in the soft ground. Not sure he would have let the unlucky in running Main Seq past him.
They finished in a heap and the bare form looks poor for a group 1, but IM probably has the right  attributes to do well in
the American Grade 1's at 1 1/2m.
Race avaiable to view @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGdpOw9ENI