Here are the horses still entered in Sundayâs race at the first forfeit stage: PRIX DE LâABBAYE DE LONGCHAMP, 1000 metres (5 furlongs) BLUSTER (5yo, 62kg) R. COLLET (S) MAR ADENTRO (5yo, 62kg) R. CHOTARD PROHIBIT GB (6yo, 62kg) RMH. COWELL SPECTACLE DU MARS (4yo, 62kg) X. NAKKACHDJI MARCHAND D'OR (8yo, 62kg) M. DELZANGLES MASAMAH IRE (5yo, 62kg) KA. RYAN CAPTAIN DUNNE IRE (6yo, 62kg) TD. EASTERBY SECRET ASSET IRE (6yo, 62kg) MME J. CHAPPLE-HYAM SOLE POWER GB (4yo, 62kg) E. LYNAM DEFINIGHTLY GB (5yo, 62kg) RJ. CHARLTON MEDICEAN MAN GB (5yo, 62kg) JR. GASK TANGERINE TREES GB (6yo, 62kg) B. SMART IVER BRIDGE LAD GB (4yo, 62kg) J. RYAN ALCOHUAZ CHI (6yo, 62kg) L. REUTERSKIOLD JR BEYOND DESIRE GB (4yo, 60,5kg) R. VARIAN WIZZ KID IRE (3yo, 60,5kg) R. COLLET (S) MOONLIGHT CLOUD GB (3yo, 60,5kg) F. HEAD (S) MARGOT DID IRE (3yo, 60,5kg) MLW. BELL REQUINTO IRE (2yo, 54kg) D. WACHMAN MISS LAHAR GB (2yo, 52,5kg) MR. CHANNON CALEDONIA LADY GB (2yo, 52,5kg) MME J.F. HUGHES
The following have dropped out at the second forfeit stage: Marchand D’Or, Definightly, Medicean Man, Moonlight Cloud, Miss Lahar and Caledonia Lady. No supplementary entries were added so fifteen remain for Friday’s final declarations.
Final declarations, jockeys and draw for Sunday’s race: PRIX DE L’ABBAYE DE LONGCHAMP, 1000 metres (5 furlongs) BLUSTER (5yo, 62kg) R. COLLET (S), G. MOSSE (13) MAR ADENTRO (5yo, 62kg) R. CHOTARD, T. JARNET (15) PROHIBIT GB (6yo, 62kg) RMH. COWELL, J. CROWLEY (1) SPECTACLE DU MARS (4yo, 62kg) X. NAKKACHDJI, G. BENOIST (3) MASAMAH IRE (5yo, 62kg) KA. RYAN, P. MAKIN (10) CAPTAIN DUNNE IRE (6yo, 62kg) TD. EASTERBY, D. ALLAN (5) SECRET ASSET IRE (6yo, 62kg) MME J. CHAPPLE-HYAM, G. BAKER (8) SOLE POWER GB (4yo, 62kg) E. LYNAM, K. LATHAM (2) TANGERINE TREES GB (6yo, 62kg) B. SMART, T. EAVES (9) IVER BRIDGE LAD GB (4yo, 62kg) J. RYAN, M. O’CONNELL (12) ALCOHUAZ CHI (6yo, 62kg) L. REUTERSKIOLD JR, M. GUYON (14) BEYOND DESIRE GB (4yo, 60,5kg) R. VARIAN, N. CALLAN (6) WIZZ KID IRE (3yo, 60,5kg) R. COLLET (S), I. MENDIZABAL (4) MARGOT DID IRE (3yo, 60,5kg) MLW. BELL, J. SPENCER (7) REQUINTO IRE (2yo, 54kg) D. WACHMAN, W. LORDAN (11)
I am a big fan on Requinto- He won very well at Doncaster although Burwaz was gaining on the final furlon- but he likes the ground good- not too firm but he is a very good sprinter with alot of potential he claims a huge weigh allowance. But he did show at York he wasnt up to the older horses and I fear he may do the same here. but at the moment he is 12/1 so he is a very e/w price.M y most likely choice will be masamah- ran well wen winning at Goodwood and ran a good 2nd most recently! Likes the ground fast and if he can jump out the stalls, hug the rail and run the race at his pace he will be very hard to catch!!
Does anyone else think that Prohibit is a decent price at 4/1? I know that this season's 5f sprinters are rubbish and it's usually a case of "Whose turn is it today?" but he's drawn 1, seems to be ridden more up with the pace these days and was a winner over C/D last time. If he gets out any way quickly he could be very difficult to beat, considering he's got the inside rail to run against.
This race is very simple, the best horse is Prohibit, and he has the best draw in 1. Why would you want to oppose him?
Interesting that everyone lost interest in this thread after the wrong British horse won! I was speaking to a French journalist (in English) before racing and he reckoned that Mar Adentro had a good chance of keeping the money at home for once, but I couldn’t see how that was going to happen as Prohibit had beaten him fair and square on Arc Trials Day. He also seemed to think that a low draw was an advantage in the Abbaye but without trawling through the record books I couldn’t say whether there has ever been any draw advantage in the sprints (and Mar Adentro was drawn fifteen). I did not bet on the race myself but I had wondered whether Requinto might have been the one because he was receiving upwards of six kilos from the older horses and he is only a few months short of being a three year old. Obviously it did not turn out that way. Tangerine Trees victory did kind of validate the view that Chance Gardener expressed about the sprinting division this season. If it weren’t for the dry weather Moonlight Cloud would have been left in the race and would have hosed up on soft ground.
