Cirrus’ on track for Ganay return

9-year-old six-time Group 1 winner Cirrus Des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), who was last seen when finishing fourth to Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G1 Hong Kong Cup Dec. 14, is nearing a seasonal return in the G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp, a racein which he upstaged the great Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) last year. “He is very well at the moment,” reported trainer Corine Barande-Barbe. “We gave him a nice time after his run in Hong Kong.”

“He’s amazing,” she continued. “Every morning you think you are dreaming with him, he is acting very well and he is joking around. He has been out working on the grass and will go to the Ganay next month [May 3] and then to the Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp, the same as last year.” Outlining future traveling plans for the popular gelding, Barande-Barbe added, “I have just entered him in the Coronation Cup at Epsom as he loves going to England. It’s good for him as he is a gelding and there are more opportunities for him. If he is well, he will return to Ascot in October for the Champions Stakes again.”