12:33 Saint-Cloud
General Saint - Didier Stakes
Flat
• 3100m
• €18,000
• 9
G
5 yrs
-11784
Supplemented for this race after finishing an improved/encouraging 4th in a 2400m Parislongchamp handicap on 13 June. Not taken lightly
Pat Barbe
€55,313
G
5 yrs
411528
Consistent stayer for the most part but needs to bounce back from a disappointing 8th in a handicap at ParisLongchamp over 2800m on 6 June. Eased 0,5kg in the weights/ratings
Mme S Forget
€2,442
C
4 yrs
522-17
Won a 2650m conditions race at Chateaubriant earlier this month on his comeback from a 13-month absence. Disappointed (7th) over 2400m at Saint-Cloud on 21 June but cannot be hastily condemned
Avatara S A
€16,423
G
5 yrs
627F-1
Won a Listed race over hurdles at Auteuil last year and made a winning reappearance at Le Mans (over 3200m) on 15 May when reverting to the flat on his comeback from a 6-month absence. Keep safe
J Brion
€6,500
C
5 yrs
9-2303
Bounced back from a disappointing 3000m handicap display (13th) at Fontainebleau in April to finish an improved 3rd in a 2650m conditions race at Chateaubriant on 3 June off his current mark. Outsider
Ecurie Jacques Joel Levea
€42,536
G
8 yrs
73-196
Versatile veteran with sound references (victories) in staying races on both surfaces. Wasn't disgraced when 6th in a 2500m handicap at this venue on 6 May - dark horse
Stall Liberty Leaf
€104,385
G
6 yrs
612/0-
Narrowly beaten in a 2800m Group III at Goodwood in August 2021 and, in his only subsequent outing, finished 11th in the 2400m Duke of Edinburgh Stakes Class 2 handicap at Ascot in June last year. Florent Guy is a notable jockey engagement on his belated reappearance
N Bizakov
€63,376
G
8 yrs
15P6-1
Returned from a three-year absence to make a winning reappearance in his first start on French soil at Niort in a 2250m conditions race on 9 June. Has more to do but is dangerous to discount
B Long
€0
F
7 yrs
762634
Veteran mare with sound references over marathon distances on both surfaces, albeit at a lower level. Maintaining form/consistency but will find this is together - 4th over 3200m at Nort-sur-Erdre on 2 June
R Limayrac
€4,717
Race Overview
Sparingly raced NAGANO (7) placed at Group III level in England during his three-year-old campaign but has had his issues (health/soundness) since. Now under the care of Jerome Reynier, he is worth a speculative vote on his reappearance with Florent Guy a notable jockey engagement. DSCHINGIS SPECTER (3) and SCREEN SHOT (1) are likely to expose any chinks in the selection's armour. JOUR POLAIRE (4), a winner of a Listed race over hurdles, isn't underestimated and could make his presence felt too.
Selection:
7 - 3 - 1