Scott Burton

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Scott Burton

Mgheera put herself in line for a crack at all the major prizes over 5f with a decisive success in the Group 3 Prix de Saint-Georges under Oisin Murphy. Purchased last December to race for the Lloyd Webbers and Arthur Mitchell, the five-year-old daughter of Zoustar was making her first start since joining Ed Walker. "It's quick ground out there and she loved it," said Walker. "Tom Marquand rode her at home and told me not to worry, she's got the action of a real fast-ground filly. "Oisin nailed it.

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Scott Burton

France Galop has unveiled a series of eight races which will offer a paid way into the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and aims to place Europe's premier all-aged race at the heart of efforts to reenergise the sport with the French public.

5 days ago | racingpost.com | Scott Burton

Zarigana will start an overwhelming favourite for the first French fillies’ Classic, although some might argue her price is hard to justify based on her last two starts. Deep ground and a wide trip cost her a narrow defeat to stablemate Vertical Blue in the Prix Marcel Boussac last October, while the bare form of her neck defeat of Shes Perfect over the Pouliches course and distance in the Prix de la Grotte on her reappearance is difficult to get carried away with.

5 days ago | racingpost.com | Scott Burton

Newmarket has been and gone and the Curragh is still to come, but it is the turn of Longchamp to provide the next chapter of the European Classic season on Sunday, starting with the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. Ruling Court and Desert Flower ensured last weekend ended in Godolphin dominance, but the Poulains has an open feel to it and, as ever, the draw could be crucial. A low draw over a mile of the Grande Piste is even more important than for the Arc over half a mile further.

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Scott Burton

Midak continued the fine form of both trainer Francis Graffard and the Aga Khan Studs with a smooth two-and-a-half-length defeat of Dioptase in the Prix Greffulhe. In recent years the Group 3 has produced a Derby winner in the shape of Pour Moi (2011) as well as two Jockey Club heroes, Saonois (2012) and Study Of Man (2018), though the son of Footstepsinthesand may be set for a bigger test of stamina in the Grand Prix de Paris later in the summer.