Black-Type Analysis: Zarigana Back In Action In La Grotte

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Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 15:50, PRIX DE FONTAINEBLEAU-G3, €80,000, 3yo, c/g, 8fT

Field: Batal Youmzain (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Ridari (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}), Sahlan (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Misunderstood (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Heybetli (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), Madero (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Darius Cen (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: France's premier Poule d'Essai des Poulains trial sees the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere third Misunderstood tackle some up-and-comers including the Listed Prix Omnium II winner Darius Cen and the maiden winners Sahlan and Ridari. Sahlan, who represents the all-conquering Graffard stable, looked a smart prospect when winning by four lengths on debut on Deauville's Polytrack in late November with sharp finishing sectionals suggesting he must be taken seriously.

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 16:25, PRIX DE LA GROTTE-G3, €80,000, 3yo, f, 8fT

Field: Zarigana (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Shes Perfect (Ire) (Sioux Nation), Godspeed (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Safia (Fr) (Sottsass (Fr), Rosa Salvaje (Ire) (Maximum Security), Tigress Of Gaul (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Lady Majesty Cen (Fr) (Kingman {GB})

TDN Verdict: Prospects don't come much more exciting than Zarigana, who despite tasting narrow defeat in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac over this course and distance on Arc day is potentially one of this year's leading lights. Previously dominant in the G3 Prix d'Aumale, the grandaughter of Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) is greeted by two unbeaten peers with big upside in Safia and Tigress Of Gaul with the former showing she was ready for this kind of test in Saint-Cloud's Prix Kizil Kourgan last month.

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 17:00, PRIX NOAILLES-G3, €80,000, 3yo, 10 1/2fT

Field: Stormy Donald (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Aidan's Phone (Fr) (Prince Gibraltar {Fr}), Rafale Design (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Sirius Brown (Fr) (Dream Ahead), Nitoi (Siyouni {Fr}), Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}), Tito Mo Cen (Ire) (Uncle Mo).

TDN Verdict: Yeguada Centurion's TDN Rising Star Tito Mo Cen is put to the test in this Prix du Jockey Club pointer, with his wide-margin debut success at Chantilly followed by success in that track's Listed Prix Maurice Caillault. Another wide-margin Polytrack winner, Rafale Design wowed at Deauville in November while Andre Fabre saddles Nitoi, the half-brother to the G1 Hong Kong Vase hero Junko (GB) (Intello {Ger}) who has the one run under his belt having scored at Chantilly in September.

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