Chantilly today

main event at Chantilly today, where the going will be very soft, is the Group Three Prix Eclipse for 2yo´s over 1200 metres at 14.25. Godolphin, who have runners all over at the moment, depend here on Forum Magnum (André Fabre/ Maxime Guyon), but the two British raiders look dangerous - Absolute Music (Robert Cowell/ Ioritz Mendizabal) and Duplicity (Richard Hannon/ Thierry Thulliez),particularly the latter, who beat Hearts of Fire (winner of the Zukunfts-Rennen at Baden-Baden and yesterday of an Italian Group One) earlier in the season. Thre are several German-trained runners on the undercard. The Miss McCardle (Dr. Bolte/ Henk Grewe) and Marina (Christian von der Recke/ Gaetan Masure) both run in the opening 2yo claimer at 13.55. White Bull (Werner Baltromei/ Dominique Boeuf) runs in the 2100 metres handicap at 16.30, and Marangu (Waldemar Hickst/ Yannick Letondeur) in the 3yo mile claimer at 17.00. There are huge fields for these races, so winning will not be easy, but Wh ite Bull has been placed several times in similar events and should be involved in the finish again.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Mana Kourou - Marina - Miss Kamikaze
2. Race: Eightfold Path - Forum Magnum - Absolute Music
3. Race: Stelton - Super Kenny - Loch Etive
4. Race: Fiona Rae - Mary Boleyn - Spring Wave
5. Race: Time For Gold - Orange Pekoe - Venetian Dancer
6. Race: White Bull - Kornei - Carlix
7. Race: Delicious - Maille Perfect - Marangu
8. Race: Quick Jem - Barhill - Smoothie