WHAT a couple of days we have coming up at Longchamp, including a very deep renewal of the feature, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. There could be half a dozen of the runners in a very close finish with Tarnawa, Adayar, Hurricane Lane, Snowfall, Chrono Genesis and Love in the field.  On Saturday at Newmarket, we have the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes and it would be great to see Snow Lantern win for Unibet Ambassador Richard Hannon. Let’s hope the rain stays away and Snow Lantern can do what her mother Sky Lantern did in 2013.

Enjoy a fantastic weekend of racing on course or #AtHome.

Cheers

The Wine Tipster.

SATURDAY – LONGCHAMP

12.23 Longchamp – Qatar Prix Chaudenay Group 2 (1m 7f)

Interpretation has the same rating as the favourite Manobo and can come out on top here. This front running son of Galileo is improving with every start and won his first three appearances of this season, ahead of finishing fourth in the St. Leger behind Hurricane Lane after setting the pace. He is a thoroughly genuine individual who gets every yard of the trip, and he can hold off the rest of the field.

Unibet 4/1 win

2.15 Longchamp – Prix Du Cadran Group 1 (2m 4f)

Princess Zoe can follow up on last year’s success even with a much stronger renewal. She’s so tough and admirable, and whilst others are taking this in along the way, this has been her main target all year. The ground will suit of course and whilst conditions will bring in Trueshan, this will be unknown territory as far as his stamina goes, and it isn’t a complete given he stays. Princess Zoe ran a fantastic race in the Ascot Gold Cup to finish second to Subjectivist on super quick ground, with the mighty Stradivarius (reopposes today) back in fourth. Princess Zoe has had one start since in August when running well over one mile six furlongs to finish second to a rejuvenated Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment. It is all about today with trip, ground and her useful mares’ allowance helping too.

Unibet 17/8 win 

2.50 Longchamp – Prix De Royallieu Group 1 (1m 6f)

Valia won the Prix Chaudenay (first race on the card) last year and has a strong chance here back racing against her own sex and as she is proven at the trip with ground to suit. Valia has taken on some top-notches over the last 12 months including Subjectivist whilst always giving her best. This season she has won at Longchamp over one mile seven and half furlongs in very soft ground. 

Unibet 7/4 win

4.00 Longchamp – Qatar Prix Dollar Group 2 1m 2f  

Third Realm drops back in trip here and with ground likely to be ideal he looks a strong each way selection. Let’s remember he beat Adayar, the Derby winner, on soft back in May, ran fifth in the big race itself and was then third in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood, with the ground too quick at York. Third Realm has a good opportunity here.

Unibet 10/1 each way

SUNDAY – LONGCHAMP

1.15 Longchamp – Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac Group 1 (1m)

Zellie hasn’t been out of the first two on five career starts and is one of three runners in the field for Andre Fabre. On the figures it wasn’t much of an improvement stepped up to a mile in the Prix D’Aumale last time, when second to stablemate Fleur D’Iris (reopposes today), but she was poorly positioned and the way she finished off impressively coming from off the pace strongly suggested she had a lot more left in the tank. No problem with ground and Oisin Murphy talking the ride is a big plus.

Unibet 11/1 each way

1.50 Longchamp – Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Grand Criterium Group 1 (7f)  

Ancient Rome has three wins from four starts in good to soft and heavy conditions. Last time out at Longchamp he reversed form with Scherzo, winning easily over a mile and has won twice over seven and half furlongs. He is clearly improving all the time and can step up once again for Andre Fabre.

Unibet 100/30

3.05 Longchamp – Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Group 1 (1m 4f) 

Tarnawa (nap) has form figures over the last two seasons of 11112 and whilst there has only been one five-year-old winner in the last ten years her credentials are just too strong to put me off. Tarnawa’s only defeat was to the recently retired St Mark’s Basilica in the Irish Champions Stakes over one mile two furlongs when she was carried across the course in the home straight. She ran a really good race that day over what is not her ideal trip, although she has four wins over this distance. Tarnawa won twice at Longchamp last season over today’s trip (five wins at this distance) and then over one mile two furlongs at the Arc meeting taking the Prix de l’Opera on heavy going. She is so ground versatile, has the speed, stays the trip, has top class victories in her CV and stall 3 is an excellent draw in a race that has been her target. 

Unibet 3/1 

Mojo Star for Unibet Ambassador Richard Hannon is each way selection out of stall 1 at a big price. Mojo Star will obviously need some of the protagonists to underperform in such a deep renewal, yet this Derby and St Leger second relishes the trip and will like the conditions too.

Unibet 40/1 each way

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4.25 Longchamp – Prix De L’Abbaye Group 1 (5f)

Glass Slippers form figures at Longchamp are 112 and she can follow up on her 2019 success after finishing runner-up last year. We know how good she is at this time of the year and Glass Slippers has been lined up beautifully for another crack at the Prix De L’Abbaye for the third start of her 2021 campaign. Her third in the Flying Five at the Curragh on ground quick enough for her last month was a very good effort after a break. Admittedly main rival Suesa beat her easily at Goodwood, but Suesa was race fit, whereas Glass Slippers hadn’t run since November and didn’t get a clear run. Suesa disappointed at York and Glass Slippers can turn the Goodwood form around on ground that will suit her.

Unibet 9/2