Having surrendered his unbeaten record to Silverwave (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}) in the G3 Prix la Force here Apr. 6, Khalid Abdullah's Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) bids to restore his air of supremacy in Tuesday's G2 Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud. Taken on for the lead last time and tending to over-race as a result, last year's G3 Prix de Conde and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner has just three rivals to contend with here including a member of the Andre Fabre brigade inUntold Secret (GB) (Shamardal). Successful on a record 11 occasions in this race, the undisputed champion of Chantilly has singled out Godolphin's son of the 2006 G1 Prix de Diane heroine Confidential Lady (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) as his representative this time. Still a maiden after two starts, he has obviously shown Fabre some sparkle at home to warrant this outing, having been nosed out in a maiden by the Freddy Head-trained Andalou (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) over this trip at Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 17. Qatar Racing's Sumbal (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) is two-for-two entering this test and deserves the chance to advertise his G1 Prix du Jockey Club claims after his latest five-length score at this distance at Compiegne Apr. 4.
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