Deauville's card also includes the G3 Prix du Bois for the 2-year-olds, in which the Listed Prix la Fleche winner Ardenode (Ire) (Hellvelyn {GB}) lines up to defend his unbeaten record against a host of unexposed fillies. His battling success in that five-furlong contest at Maisons-Laffitte on June 10 marked him as a tough character and he will test the mettle of the likes of the Wertheimers' Hergame (GB) (Motivator {GB}). That half-sister to the G3 Prix d'Arenberg scorer Yakaba (Fr) (Medicean {GB}) was off the mark on debut at Chantilly on May 28 and makes up a strong cast of opponents to the gelding alongside Hat Creek Racing's Listed Windsor Castle S. sixth Elizabeth Darcy (Ire) (Camacho {GB}).
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