Sunday, March 29, 2009

Prix Edmond Blanc with German runners

Germans milers have a good record in today´s main French feature, the Prix Edmond Blanc (Group Three) at 16.20 at Saint-Cloud, and Christian Sprengel won this last year with König Turf. Now he tries again with his brother König Concorde (Ioritz Mendizabal), who is accompanied by Uwe Ostmann´s Forthemillionkiss (William Mongil) and Peter Hirschberger´s Maradhono (Norman Richter); Mario Hofer´s Echoes Rock is a non-runner. This looks quite an open race, with last year´s runner-up Gris de Gris (Alain de Royer-Dupré/ Gerard Mossé), recent listed CD winner Verba (Richard Gibson/ Stephane Pasquier) and Racinger (Freddie Head/ Davy Bonilla) the best of the locals. There are also several German runners at Strasbourg, but this is not a PMU meeting.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Stand To Gain - Spirit Of The King - Ricky Billions
2. Race: Rymi - Sweet Orientfawn - Kallygagne
3. Race: Terre Du Vent - Polynikova - Ladyholme
4. Race: On Est Bien - Skins Game - Cavalryman
5. Race: Verba - Gris De Gris - Japan
6. Race: Miss Stream - Silicon Wise - Beaubahhare
7. Race: Desert Jim - So Long - Girofolo
8. Race: Damax - Mappa - Sizalia