Chantilly Ace?

Chantilly host the G3 Prix d’Aumale on Tuesday, where TDN Rising Star Antonoe (First Defence) bids to put substance to style and place herself at the forefront of 2016’s Classic aspirants. So impressive when scoring by 6 1/2 lengths on debut over 7 1/2 furlongs at Deauville Aug. 7, Khalid Abdullah’s homebred received a boost on Saturday when the third Apple Betty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) scored at La Teste de Buch. Her mettle will be tested by a trio of proven black-type performers in the Aug. 1 Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles first and second Ella Diva (Fr) (Heliostatic {Ire}) and Penjade (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}), and Leonidas Marinopoulos’ Aktoria (Fr) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) who took Deauville’s Listed Prix Six Perfections over seven furlongs also at the beginning of last month. Al Shaqab Racing’s Gherdaiya (GB) (Shamardal) represents the Andre Fabre stable and is two-for-two after outings at Deauville July 2 and Aug. 2.