stand there are plenty of places to pick
up a crepe or baguette if you don't want
to waste a minute absorbing the top-class
action which is, after all, the thing that
brings us to this green haven of Paris.
Saturday's racing may be viewed as
something of an hors d'oeuvres for the
bacchanalian banquet served 24 hours
later, but it is an excellent card in its own
right with four Group 2 races topped off by
the G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran for the cream
of the staying crop. Arqana's sales race for
2-year-old graduates of its October auc-
tion is also of interest, with its valuable
pot of €275,000.
For the young, or those blessed with
more stamina than the entire field of the
