Whilst the shine may have been taken off Il Est Francais this weekend, French Racing would appear to have a ready made replacement in Kaadam

The Mullins team have recruited so many Juveniles from France this year that I doubt if even the great man himself has an idea at this stage

In time, he is going to be a very well handicapped horse when he returns to the larger obstacles.

Some French Recruits are almost impossible to assess and she falls into that category.

An alternative is to look at the middle-distance races on the Flat in France and today's French Recruit, Le Bugiste, comes from that sphere.

His new connections will have little choice but to press on with his career in pattern races, but he shapes like a horse who will handle it

We can say that he won his only start in France under a hands ride and both the 2nd and 3rd have won since to boost the form.

I think he would probably have won that race and he is certainly not without a chance in the Wensleydale at Wetherby on Friday.

This has been a record year for the list, both in terms of numbers of horses recruited and downloads.....

I can't think of another horse who has gone from running in a Grade 2 hurdle at Merano in Italy in June to a Novice hurdle at Ludlow.

The final circuit time was exceptional when compared to the other races on the card and despite looking green late on, he could be a star.

"This was a nice performance and there may well be more to come from this piece of form"

She at least matched the Colts and Geldings and if she were to repeat that effort next month, she is going to be very hard to beat.

She is likely to be a horse for 2026 and beyond rather than graded novice hurdle races this season.

The 3YO hurdle winner Loup Blond is the most interesting horse to note for the future.

She was an impressive winner of a 3-year-old hurdle at Royan back in August, but since then she has taken her form to an entirely different

Both Losange Bleu and Il Est Francais make their autumnal return at Auteuil on Saturday, here is my summary of what they're up against.

It is hard not to get excited about what he might be able to achieve now that he has begun to mature.

There is really only one place to start with Tuesday's Auteuil preview and that is with the feature race.

I thought it would be worth providing a list of resources that can be used to help with the French form study at this time of year.