Having signalled his advance into the miling ranks with success in Saint-Cloud's G3 Prix Edmond Blanc 12 months ago, Jimmy Two Times (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) returns to the same race on Monday in a bid to make up for lost time. Ruled out for the season after his subsequent win in the same track's G2 Prix du Muguet on May day, the Godolphin acquisition is one of the year's more unexposed types at this trip. “Jimmy Two Times has some very good form, but is obviously coming off a very long layoff,” the operation's Lisa-Jane Graffard commented. “He had some minor surgery in December and is in excellent form at home. Andre Fabre is very happy with the horse. The ground should be fine for him and this race looks a good starting point. Hopefully, it can be a springboard for the rest of the season.”
Freddy Head supplies a progressive Wertheimer filly in Enlighted (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who signed off in 2017 with a career-best success in the Listed Prix Coronation over this course and distance in September, while Jean-Claude Seroul's Marie D'Argent (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) is another intriguing sort facing her biggest test yet. Unbeaten in four starts, she switches back to turf following her first black-type win in the Listed Prix Saonois over this trip on Cagnes-Sur-Mer's Polytrack on Feb. 17.
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