Many of us are still regretting the disappearance of Maisons-Lafitte.

However the Criterium is still going albeit at Chantilly.  It's G2 over 1200m and there are 6 starters.  We like one of the raiders here – Gis A Sub on 3/1 for the Kevins, and for the locals Dizzy Bizu on 6/1 – Wattel-Bachelot.

A nice footnote to the Arc - winning jockey Rene Piecheluk was using a saddle given to him by Filip Minarik who was badly injured in a race fall last year.  In the photos you can see the jockey poinitng to the lucky saddle.