Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's unbeaten Queen's Jewel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will have to overcome a nightmare post after the hot favorite pulled the outside gate for tomorrow's G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly. Once again the draw was conducted live on France's dedicated racing channel Equidia, and last month's record-breaking G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine must buck recent trends to prevail from stall 17 in the €1,000,000 Classic. No distaffer has succeeded after exiting a double-digit box number since Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}) made light of the 18 hole in 2004.
His Highness The Aga Khan will be without representation for the second time in three renewals after last month's G3 Prix de Royaumont winner Kataniya (Ire) (Raven's Pass) was confirmed as the only absentee from Thursday's forfeit list of 18. Supplementees Physiocrate (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) and Desiree Clary (Ger) (Sholokhov {Ire}), who were first and second in a Chantilly conditions heat last month, fared much better and drew gates five and three, respectively. Listed Prix Caravelle victress Mojo Risin (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who goes postward along with Queen's Jewel and Physiocrate as the only unbeaten fillies in the line-up, was allocated stall eight. Other notable draws include post 15 for Lady Bamford's G3 Musidora S. winner Star of Seville (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}), who bids to bounce back from a disappointing ninth in the G1 Epsom Oaks earlier this month, and post six for Wildenstein Stables' G3 Prix Cleopatre scorerLittle Nightingale (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}).
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