Horses don't often win French maidens in the manner that Special Wood won this race....

"He should be a contender for the better juvenile races over a mile and beyond in the autumn."

"Graffard again, Allez Allez". It's been a brilliant season so far for the Aga Khan stud and their principle trainer Francis-Henri Graffard.

Early speed and the ability to quicken around a bend will mean that there are lots of options open to a 2-year-old filly like her.

Mambonumberfive, St Donat's, Gaelic Warrior and Sans Bruit have all run in the Prix Rocking Chair in the last 5 seasons. Did we see a horse of that ability in this year's renewal? Well quite possibly.

Today, she stated her claim to be the best 2-year-old that we have seen so far.

A review of the first Listed race of the season for the 2-year-olds, the Prix des Reves D'Or at Vichy

She looks to be the most exciting 2-year-old Filly that we have seen so far this season and I’ll stick with her until the form book proves otherwise.

The yard won a similar race at Fontainebleau last month and the booking of Maxime Guyon would appear to suggest that she is ready to run her race.

Both of them showed plenty of promise in difficult conditions and are worth adding to the tracker.

We probably haven't seen any Group 1 performers this early in the season, but there have been a couple of interesting performances.

I can't wait to see what he will do with the benefit of more time in the Henderson yard

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

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

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.

She could not have been more impressive and the fact that she was faster than the Colts and Geldings race bodes well.

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

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.