Azano won a Group 3 contest at Chantilly last year when trained by John Gosden and has switched to a new yard. Devil is also proven in this grade with a victory at Maisons-Laffitte in October though ran nowhere near the same level on his reappearance and SPINNING MEMORIES makes more appeal. A Group 3 winner at Deauville in 2019, Pascal Bary’s mare landed a Listed contest over today’s trip at Longchamp earlier in the month and another bold bid is expected in this. Milord's Song and Stunning Spirit have more to find at this level and Stormbringer’s recent success at Chantilly came in a handicap.
Milord's Song (FR) (8-13) 2nd of 9, 6 1/2l behind Simona (8-13) at Compiegne 7f stks hvy in Mar.
Stunning Spirit (8-13) 5th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Pretreville (8-13) at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks gs in May.
Azano 5-1 (9-0) Keen led centre group, pushed along 3f out, soon headed and weakened, eased tailed off, last of 5, 26 1/2l behind Sir Dancealot (9-7) at Doncaster 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Sep.
Stormbringer (9-1) won at Chantilly 6f hcp in Feb beating Rimini (8-13) by hd, 16 ran.
Tertius (FR) (8-12) 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind We Go (8-12) at Chantilly 6f stks pol in Mar.
Spinning Memories (IRE) 3-1 (8-11) won at ParisLongchamp 7f lst stks hvy in May beating Wasmya (9-1) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Devil (IRE) (9-2) last of 8, 8 1/4l behind The Summit (9-2) at ParisLongchamp 1m Grp 3 hvy in May.