When adding in the 1.5-kilo claim that Coralie Pacaut takes off her back, she is certainly handicapped to go close from a decent draw.

As the month of August draws to a close, we are now within a few weeks of the start of another National Hunt season.

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.

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

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

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

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

There is a chance of course that Grecian Storm is a class above this field, but it is not as certain as the market prices would suggest.

This Saturday’s card at Chantilly gets underway with a fascinating 3-year-old contest where all 5 runners arrive as “last time out winners"

Adam gives a brief summary of the 2YO races we have seen so far in France, with a couple of eye-catchers to note.

When JP McManus opens his cheque book everyone in the racing world should sit up and take notice.

The French 3-year-old season is already well underway and after seeing a few nice prospects at Auteuil this weekend I thought it was...