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.

After such an impressive debut, his connections must be thinking about the Graded races in the autumn, if British and Irish suitors don't tempt them to sell.

If Maxime Guyon can get him into a good position behind the pace, he should have too much speed for his rivals.

This was a comprehensive victory and is on a par with the level of form achieved by the recent winners of this race.

He started well from his low draw, held the inside rail and then quickened away to win as he liked.

He would surely stay a mile now on this evidenced there is probably still more improvement to come after this.

Given the numerous winning 3-year-old debutantes that the yard has sent out so far this season, he is hard to ignore.

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.

When we add in that she is a New Bay half-sister to Calandagan, the story has a little bit more glamour than it might first have appeared.

There can be no doubt that the form of those behind him will leave this open to question in the future.

He looks to have made the right decision to come here and must surely be looking at pattern races after this success

This was a step forward from his maiden win at Paris Longchamp in October, but was he a fortunate winner? Absolutely

It's yet more success for the Godolphin team and I won't be rushing to take on Cualificar, who is a winning horse after all.

Another day, another pair of impressive debutantes for Francis-Henri Graffard at Chantilly.