Pattern race action at Deauville and a veteran Group 2 winner

Two more Pattern races takes place at Deauville today with the Prix Djebel and Prix Impudence, while James Thomas goes behind the scenes with one of the leading vendors on the breeze-up circuit, Star Bloodstock.

Racing

Kempton (first race 2.00)

Wincanton (2.10)

Ludlow (2.20)

Wolverhampton (AW) (5.15)

ANZ Bloodstock News

Read today's issue as day one of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kicks off at Riverside Stables.

Worldwide stakes races

1:20 - Deauville
Prix Imprudence (Group 3)
9 runners

1:50 - Deauville
Prix Djebel (Group 3)
12 runners

What to read

"I've sat on enough good ones down the years to know when I come across one, and I think we're in good shape this year"

Going Cleere: the jockey using science and soft hands to produce future stars

What to watch

Final thought

Gordon Lord Byron, winner of the Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh, was the oldest Group 2 winner in Europe last year as a nine-year-old. Air Pilot matched that by winning the Prix d’Harcourt at Longchamp on Sunday.

For the record, the oldest Group 1 winner in Europe last year was Sussex Stakes scorer Here Comes When, while the oldest Group 3 winner in Europe last year was Take Cover, who won the World Trophy at Newbury in September.

View Sunday's results