New Duel Between Hooker Berry And Ampia Mede Sm

Paris-Vincennes, Sunday, 26 February: The Prix de Paris (4th race/15.15/400,000 Euro/4150 m) will take place over the marathon distance today and, after the Prix d`Amérique and the Prix de France, there will be another duel between Hooker Berry (Jean-Michel Bazire) and Ampia Mede Sm (Franck Nivard).

The cards will be reshuffled and neither the stallion nor the mare are certain final contenders. The Bazire protégé had nothing to do with the closer decision recently and only stayed ahead of Hip Hop Haufor (Christian Bigeon), who is well placed to be the winner this time and via the preferred route. Hohneck (Francois Lagadeuc) runs reliably into the honoured ranks, which the six-year-old should do again. In the `France` he finished only one length behind Amia Mede Sm. Hussard du Landret (Benoit Robin) should not be judged by his last performances. He should enjoy the long way just as much as Hokkaido Jiel (David Thomain), who took two wins in smaller tasks this year. Flamme du Goutier (Theo Duvaldestin) was unlucky in the `Amérique`. Judging by her victory in the Prix de Cornulier, she is expected to finish in the front. Honey Mearas (Björn Goop) has shown little in the winter meeting so far, but one should not completely write off the Swedish crack.