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Paris Longchamp – Arc Weekend
Read moreFrance Galop created some controversy, even before the weekend’s racing got underway. They decided that they would cut the number of runners allowed to run in the main Arc de Triomphe race to twenty and the runners would be selected by their handicap ratings. Francis Gaffard, the French trainer who had been given the task […]
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ParisLongchamp
Read moreDuring the middle weekend of May, Longchamp stages the first two French Classics. They are both races in which the French trainers normally successfully repel any foreign raider as the races are run too close for runners in the English and Irish equivalents to take part. The Prix Poule d’Essau des Poulains – The French […]