A disappointing turnout but a good opportunity for THUNDER SNOW to land another Group 1 race. He won last year’s Criterium at Saint-Cloud and has placed behind Churchill in the Irish 2000 Guineas and Barney Roy in the St James’s Palace at Ascot on his last couple of outings. Trais Fluors is unbeaten in four starts but has yet to compete at this level. Andre Fabre’s colt won a Group 3 here last month while Turf Laurel ran well in the French Oaks and is preferred to Gold Luck and Lightupthenight as she drops back in trip.
Thunder Snow (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Barney Roy (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gf in Jun.
Trais Fluors (8-12) won at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks gd in Jun beating Stunning Spirit (8-12) by 1l, 6 ran.
Lightupthenight (8-11) 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Aiming For Rio (9-2) at Maisons-Laffitte 7f lst stks sft in Jul.
Turf Laurel (IRE) (9-1) 5th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Senga (9-1) at Chantilly 1m 2f Grp 1 gd in Jun.
Gold Luck (FR) (8-11) 2nd of 5, 1l behind La Sardane (8-11) at Chantilly 1m Grp 2 in Jun.