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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 18:41 |
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The entries for 2010’s French classics were announced on Wednesday with 228 horses entered for the Jockey Club, 139 colts in the French 2000 Guineas, 135 fillies in the French 1000 Guineas and 187 in the Prix de Diane. The Coolmore stallions Montjeu (25), Danehill Dancer (24), Galileo(20) and Sadler’s Wells (15) are the most represented amongst the entries. Cape Cross is the “non Coolmore” stallion with the highest number of total entries, 11, while Sinndar is the highest ranking French stallion in the list with 10 progeny in total.
English based trainers such as Barry Hills, Saeed Bin Suroor, John Dunlop, Henry Cecil and Sir Michael Stoute all figure amongst the entries, whilst the Irish are represented notably by Aidan O’Brien, Dermot Weld and Jim Bolger among others. The up and coming star of Ballydoyle, St Nicholas Abbey features among the entries for the Prix du Jockey Club alongside Jan Vermeer, winner of the Criterium de Saint Cloud.
Not to be outdone, the French also have some high class entries to look forward to with all the major trainers well represented. The younger brother of Goldikova, Ocean Seven also figures amongst the entries for the Prix du Jockey Club.
See individual articles for entries in full by race
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