This race was won by Jade de Grugy in 2022, whilst there may not have been a horse of that quality on show on Sunday, the pedigree of the 3rd makes her of interest for the future after a promising debut.

The Prix Pride of Kildare has produced the likes of Live Conti, Jazzy Matty and Haut En Couleurs in recent seasons, here is my review of this year's race.

Her full-sister Livio sold to Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins for €260k at Arqana last year and it will be interesting to see if she remains in France.

"He had to be shaken up when the field turned for home, but he quickly asserted in the straight and was clearly the best 3YO in the contest"

A few notes on yesterday's 3YO hurdle at Strasbourg, where Mondoctor Jem, a half-brother to the great Theleme, was the eye-catcher to add to the tracker.

Here is the 2025 "French Recruits" list for the new National Hunt season.

Given the way she travels into her races, the stronger early pace that she is likely to encounter in the UK should suit and once she has acclimatised, I expect her to add further wins to her CV.

"there’s no reason to think that she won’t be able to add further success in Group company to her CV before the end of the year".

Mont de Soleil is a very capable performer at this level and the fact that he has now won over 2,000m does open some further options to him. However, we know an awful lot about the horses that he has beaten and neither of them can be considered to be improving types.

On this evidence, he will be hard to beat wherever he goes next time.

"She showed more than enough in front to suggest that she will be capable of holding her own when she returns to pattern company"

"She took her form to a new level last week and should find plenty of other opportunities in the future".

There were plenty of other French runners at the Royal meeting in 2025 and although Lazzat was the only winner, there are reasons to be positive about several performances

Midak is the more likely of the French pair, but all of the media attention on Francis-Henri Graffard’s Colt has overshadowed that fact that Juddmonte have also chosen to send a runner from France.

The Prix Stanley has become a "stallion" race in recent years. This year's winner is a gelding, so that trend won't be added to, but he's a very good 3-year-old hurdler all the same.

I’m a great believer that you don’t know how good a horse is until it’s been beaten.

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.

The manner of his debut performance would suggest that he is an above average type and he is the first name into my tracker from this weekend’s action.

His earlier form is working out well and this was not a 12/1 fluke given the way the race panned out.

She is a Wootton Bassett filly and there are several Black Type performers in her immediate pedigree. That will surely be the first aim with her now.