Racing was abandoned at
Auteuil on Sunday because of an industrial dispute between France Galop employees and trade union members.
France's signature jumps track was intending to hold an eight-race card that included two Grade Two contests, with Willie Mullins due to run Your Eyes Only in the Listed Wild Monarch Hurdle and Rachael Blackmore down for the ride.
But a dispute over wages led to a demonstration in the parade ring and an emergency meeting was called to try and resolve the situation before racing got under way, but that dialogue as well as further later talks were unsuccessful with the fixture subsequently abandoned.
Rachael Blackmore was down to ride at Auteuil on Sunday (Photo: Focusonracing)
James Reveley, the French champion jump jockey, had a busy book of rides and pointed out that the meeting was an important trial for the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris fixture held at the track in May.
“It’s very frustrating for me and for everybody, a lot of these trainers have come a long way,” he told Sky Sports Racing.
“We don’t really know when they’re going to run the meeting or whether it’s going to be later on in the week, but it requires so much organisation and it’s just really frustrating.
“You get used to it and in fairness I’ve been over here a while and you just have to deal with it, it’s a shame as there’s other ways of making things happen.
“I heard they’re wanting a four percent wage rise, I don’t know if that’s true but it is hard for people to make ends meet, I suppose, with inflation at the moment.
“Today was a big day with horses having their prep races for the big weekend, the top four-year-old chase was today and they won’t want to put it too far back or too close to the big meeting.”
51:04
Dan Barber and Martin Dixon join "The Voice" Gary O'Brien in the chair for this week's Racing TV Podcast, as Gary takes us through a career that's spanned everything from early broadcasting days to becoming one of the sport's most trusted broadcasters.
Gary opens up on the moments that shaped him - including the finish that still gives him goosebumps... "He jumped the last and I thought oh my god.” He talks candidly about what it takes mentally, both as a broadcaster and in judging the toughness of the horses they cover, before the trio turn their expert eyes to the Irish Derby Festival and reflect on Ballydoyle's continued dominance at the top end of the sport.
There's also time for a look ahead to the racing later this week with Gary, Dan and Martin each adding a horse to follow in the tracker.
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8:03
A jubilant William Muir hailed Breacher “the best I’ve ever had” following his successful debut in the opening race at Salisbury on Tuesday.
The Lambourn handler has enjoyed plenty of good days over the years, having trained top-class sprinter Averti in the 1990s and more recently saddled the hugely popular Pyledriver to win the Coronation Cup, the King George and twice at Royal Ascot.
It is seven years since the latter made a winning start to his career as a 50-1 shot for a Salisbury maiden – and after seeing Breacher (12-1) follow in his hoofprints by downing 4-6 favourite and Juddmonte blueblood Squadron, who is from the family of the great Dancing Brave, Muir could barely contain his excitement.
“I came here thinking if the horses are not sick he would win and he did, so happy days,” he said.
“He was entered at Sandown on Friday, but we said we’d come to Salisbury where Pyledriver won because it’s been a good track to me. I said ‘wherever he goes he’ll win, I don’t care what’s in it, if he’s right he wins’ – he’s the best I’ve ever had.
“The horses have been out of form and it’s difficult because they have a clean scope, then you blood test them and they look all right and then you run them and they run very poor and the next day their bloods are all wrong, so it’s very hard to pinpoint the problem.
“This horse a few days ago his bloods were good, but it reminded me of when I went with Averti first time. The horses had been out of form, Averti was going to Lingfield for the first Sunday racing ever and I said ‘if anything beats this I’ll have to pack up, because he’s a rocket’ and he duly flew clear.
“This horse worked with Ebt’s Guard before he went to Royal Ascot off level weights and he went at least as good as him not better. He finished fourth in the Hunt Cup off a mark of 104 and was giving weight to the three horses that finished in front of him, so we knew he had talent.”
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30:06
Benvenuto Cellini was the star of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival as Angus McNae and Josh Kerr analyse all the key performances from a brilliant weekend at the Curragh.
The pair assess the key performances from the meeting, weigh up the merit of Benvenuto Cellini's Irish Derby win, and look ahead to what comes next for the principals.
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11:25
Highlights from three days of top-class flat racing at the Curragh for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival, with Benvenuto Cellini taking centre stage as Ryan Moore's faith was rewarded in the Irish Derby — completing a Ballydoyle 1-2-3 in the process.
Estrange also caught the eye with a commanding Pretty Polly Stakes victory, a performance that has seen her Arc odds cut sharply and announced her as one of the most exciting fillies in training heading into the second half of the season.
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8:05
The superbly-bred ALPHA announced herself as a filly to follow with a hugely impressive victory in the opening race at the Curragh.
Sent off with plenty of expectation, she lived up to the hype with a dominant display, quickening clear in eye-catching fashion to leave a lasting impression. The performance immediately saw bookmakers slash her odds for next year's 1,000 Guineas, with some firms cutting her to as short as 10/1, underlining the regard in which she's now held.
Could this exciting 2-year-old develop into a Classic contender?
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0:34
Where the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby was won?
Ryan Moore was drawn wide and at the back of the field aboard Benvenuto Cellini in the stages, but the jockey saw his opportunity in what might have proved a race-winning manoeuvre in the Curragh Classic.
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11:21
Benvenuto Cellini put his Epsom disappointment behind him by leading home a one-two-three for Aidan O’Brien in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.
The Chester Vase winner was the clear favourite to provide the Ballydoyle handler with his 12th victory in the Derby at Epsom three weeks ago, but a slow start and slow ground saw him finish down the field before he was controversially declared a non-runner after it transpired he still had a leg on a shelf in the stalls when the gates opened.
With Ryan Moore sticking with him, rather than switching to Epsom hero and stablemate Christmas Day, the son of Frankel was the 7-4 market leader to reward those who kept the faith – and while he missed the break slightly again, he soon recovered and travelled smoothly into contention before knuckling down to see off Christmas Day by a length and three-quarters.
Pierre Bonnard was just a neck further behind in third, with previously unbeaten Raaheeb back in fourth.
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8:15
Aidan O'Brien gave Racing TV's Kevin O'Ryan a lengthy debrief after Benvenuto Cellini put his Epsom disappointment behind him by leading home a one-two-three for Aidan O’Brien in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.
Find out what plans the trainer has for Benvenuto Cellini, Christmas Day and Pierre Bonnard.
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0:30
It all went wrong at Epsom, but it's all gone right today as Benvenuto Cellini wins the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby under Ryan Moore.
It's a 1-2-3 for Aidan O'Brien.
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