Leffard and Surabad Added to Sunday’s Grand Prix de Paris

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The potential field for Sunday's G1 Cygames Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp has been boosted by a pair of supplementary entries, with Leffard (Le Havre) and Surabad (Bated Breath) now featuring among eight possible runners.

The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained Leffard was last seen finishing down the field in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly, but he'd previously shown a smart level of form when filling the runner-up spot in the Listed Prix Suresnes at the same venue. One place behind him on that occasion was Henri-Francois Devin's New Ground (New Bay), who is set to reoppose on Sunday after he ran a huge race to finish a staying-on fourth in the G1 Derby at Epsom.

The Aga Khan Studs homebred Surabad gained his third career victory in the Listed Prix de l'Avre over this course and distance in April, before chasing home Rafale Design in the G3 Prix du Lys at Chantilly. He is trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, who won the Grand Prix de Paris back in 2015 with Erupt.

Aidan O'Brien is responsible for three of the remaining five contenders as he seeks a sixth win in this Group 1, headed by Trinity College (Dubawi), who followed his fourth-place finish in the Prix du Jockey Club with an impressive success in the G3 Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot. He is joined from Ballydoyle by Galveston (Frankel), who was third in the G2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, and the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial winner Puppet Master (Camelot), who needs to bounce back from a below-par display in the G1 Irish Derby.

The entries are completed by the G3 Prix Noailles scorer Uther (Camelot), a half-brother to last year's winner, Sosie (Sea The Stars), and Frankly Good Cen (Frankel), who finished well when seventh in the Prix du Jockey Club.

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