Saturday, August 23, 2008

Deauville today

Big race at Deauville today is the Group Two Prix Guillaume d´Ornano over 2000 furlongs for 3yo´s and this could well result in a British victory, as Twice Over (Henry Cecil/ Stephane Pasquier), City Leader (Brian Meehan/ Davy Bonilla) and River Proud (Paul Cole/ Christophe Soumillon) are all recommended on recent form. Best of the locals could be André Fabre´s lightly-raced Russian Cross (Johan Victoire). The Group Three Prix du Calvados for 2yo fillies over 1400 metres at 15.45 has only 4 runners, but they are all pretty smart and 3 of them are still unbeaten. German-trained runners on the undercard are Horst Steinmetz´ Jive (Dominique Boeuf), who runs in a mile race for 3yo´s at 14.10, Doris Smith´s Nadal (Ronan Thomas) in the tiercé handicap over 1000 metres at 14.55 and Andreas Trybuhl´s Something Stupid (Christophe Lemaire) in the 1300 metres race at 16.45

Betting forecast:
1.Race: Bocastar - Murcielago - Alsace
2.Race: Reasons - Chasing Moonbeams - Kerno
3.Race: Faylan - Voie De Printemps - Canwinn
4.Race: Ana Americana - Elusive Wave - Article Rare
5.Race: Twice Over - City Leader - Russian Cross
6.Race: Haadeej - Flower - Crudor
7.Race: Merlina - Major Wing - Nebela
8.Race: Loup Normand - Mary Read - Nuit De Glace