Top quality action at Auteuil this Friday, with a 7 race card and the first Graded race of the autumn season.

Situated an hours drive north-east of Paris, this is a proper jumps track, with long straights and big fences, there is a greater emphasis..

A half-brother to Arc winner Sottsass was not the pedigree I was expecting to see making its debut in a September maiden at La Teste

Now that the racing returns to Paris, the quality increases as we begin the long road to the big autumn targets in November.

I have chosen these 12 because they have run in races in France that I can put a good mark on to in terms of the form and hopefully I have

You won’t have heard of him, but I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that he could be the most exciting hurdles prospect this y

Ever since 2019, when there were 14 French bred winners at the Cheltenham Festival, the stock has soared and in spite of the difficulties fo

Whilst it doesn’t have the class and excitement of the action at York, the winners will pay the saemif we can find them and there are a few

Clairefontaine plays host to the best of Fridays action in France with a mixed card consisting of 6 races on the level before the jumpers

With all 8 races at Class 3 or below, you could be forgiven for thinking that this is nothing more than an industry meeting, but there is a

Tuesday afternoons action comes from Dax, a beautiful track in the south-west of France.

Both cards have a lot of decent types on show, in particular in the maiden races, but there are a few horses who stand out for me.

A very entertaining card in store at Le Lion D’angers, with the famous Cross-country taking centre stage for the 2nd race.

However, after all that excitement there is a very decent evening card at La Teste de Buch to finish the weekend, where their summer program

This Flat right-handed circuit can be a real speed test and plays host to both Flat and Jumps racing, as well as having a trotting circuit.

The biggest day of the year at La Teste, with 2 Listed contests and the Grand Prix de La Teste at 4:00, this is a really quality card

This is a mammoth 11-race card with a mix of flat and hurdles and it is the later races that make most appeal from a punting point of view.

The feature, the Prix du Jockey Club, gave us a winner who is probably the best 3-year-old colt around and the undercard delivered....

There is something for everyone at Strasbourg this Wednesday with a mixed card that gets underway at 10:50 UK time.

Adam shares his views on the first group 1 of the French Turf season, the Prix Ganay, as well as his best bets on this Sundays card at Paris