Having watched thousands of French races over the years, there aren't too many performance that leave me speechless, but this was one.

This wasn't the deepest race by any means, but there was a manner to his victory that offered some hope for a promising career.

This form line looks to be extremely strong and worth taking note of, with the winner perhaps capable of making her mark at Auteuil.

One of the quieter pieces of business done by the JP McManus this summer, but a quality purchase with the future in mind.

Everything she did looked professional and she oozed class, it will be very surprising if she doesn't make up into a pattern class juvenile.

"She seems a nice filly, being by Great Pretender we hadn't got much choice but to buy her given our luck with Fillies from the Sire".

There were some interesting races in the French provinces on Thursday and the 3 Flat races run at Vittel were the ones to catch my eye.

He is from a consistent family that know how to win races and he should provide his new connections with some success in his novice campaign

There is something to be gained from these Barrier trials, especially in the early season, as they can be an excellent guide to those horses

Visually the winners looked to be very impressive, but the underlying data would suggest that this form does need to be treated with caution

I believe him to be the best Juvenile hurdler to have joined a British yard this Summer and I expect him to prove it.

This could look like a "Sam Allardyce Bargain Buy" if all goes well for Evan Williams.

Both the winner and the runner-up look like they might have some further improvement to come.

Hugo Merienne looks to be bringing him back to his best and his turn should not be far away.

He has produced a top class performance here and is surely now bound for much better races than this in the coming weeks.

It is never too late to be thinking about finding the winner of the Triumph hurdle.

She was professional at the start and knew her job, showing a lot of promise for next time.

There were several eye-catching performances on Monday afternoons cards and they are worth a few minutes of your time

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He is the best that I have seen, and he should be the standard setter for the early part of the campaign.