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The Group 1 Qatar Prix du Jockey Club has attracted an eleven-strong field for Chantilly’s showpiece event this Sunday with market leader Big Rock featuring among them.
Christopher Head's impressive Group 3 Prix de Guiche winner has been all the rage since that emphatic success and will bid for a fifth-straight success going up in grade.
Andreas Schutz will be hoping the step up in trip can bring about further improvement from his French 2000 Guineas winner Marhaba Ya Sanafi and the son of Muhaarar will once again be partnered by Mickael Barzalona.
Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori will both be in action at Chantilly on Sunday following rides in the English equivalent on Satuday. Ryan Moore will partner Continuous on the back of his third-place finish in the Group 2 Dante Stakes at York whilst Frankie Dettori will team up with John and Thady Gosden once more as Epictetus bids to build on his fifth-place finish in the aforementioned York Derby Trial.
Jean-Claude Rouget is responsible for three of the eleven confirmed runners with the unbeaten Ace Impact seemingly the pick of Cristian Demuro following a comfortable success in the Listed Prix Suresnes a month ago. He will be joined by the Aga Khan-owned Rajapour, who is the mount of multiple-winning French Derby winning rider Ioritz Mendizabal and Padishakh, who will be partnered by Maxime Guyon.
The supplemented Feed The Flame created a big impression when winning a Longchamp conditions event on his second career outing and trainer Pascal Bary will be hoping he can handle the step up in class.
Multiple-winning French Derby trainer Andre Fabre relies solely on Flight Leader with Winter Pudding and American Flag complete the field of eleven.