Horse Racing Trader’s Tips: International Racing – Thursday 21st May

Our expert Joseph Kyne looks ahead to the day’s International action

The French government may have withdrawn its approval for racing to continue in some park of the country, but there are still plenty of meets to enjoy.

The eagle-eyed will have spotted that Paris-Longchamp’s abandoned card has been moved to Deauville, with racing at other French tracks too including Nantes and Lyon-Parilly.

We’ve also got two Listed races on the card from Hannover in Germany, and no fewer than five Stateside meetings featuring Gulfstream Park and Charles Town in the early evening from 17:45.

Race to Watch – 10:40 Deauville

The Prix Gold River at 10:40 looks to be the race to savour at the Deauville track. The 1m 6f listed race for Fillies and Mares contains several big names in French Racing and some of the best jockeys in the land.

Christophe Soumillon rides Eidsa in the colours of HRH the Aga Khan, who looks to be the stand-out runner having been placed in a Group 2 contest at Longchamp last autumn.

She won’t have it all her own way, as one of her challengers Thing Of Me won by four lengths last time out, and has never finished outside of the top two.

It’s made an intriguing contest even more intriguing, with several of the other big yards also represented in the race.

Punters should disregard Andre Fabre’s runners at their own peril, with the renewal hopefully providing a cracking contest to start the day.