Nantes Tips and Racecourse Guide
Founded in 1834, Nantes stages over 230 races each year over flat, jumps and trotting courses.
The flat course is left-handed where it often pays to be drawn low and race handy. Runners are almost always turning and then there isn’t a lot of time to get organised once they hit the top of the two-furlong (400m) home straight.
The shortest flat trip at Nantes is 5.5 furlongs (1100m) and the longest trip is 3700m.
Towards the end of the year, Nantes stages is best race over a middle distance. The Grand Prix de Nantes is held in late October or early November and is open to older horses over 12 furlongs (2400m). In 2021, the race was won in impressive style by Dato for Germany, who then won a Group Two at Cologne in 2022. He beat Palus Argenteus, who has upheld the form since, in winning a warm Listed race at Chantilly in sensational front-running style.
Henri-Alex Pantall is the trainer to follow at Nantes, who often runs his Godolphin-owned blue bloods at the track.
Nantes Tips
Nantes Horse Racing Tips Today – 06/05
Fresh Kiss was sharply progressive last term and looks worth backing to return to winning ways at Nantes this morning (11.02am).
She rattled off a hat-trick of wins last summer and finished off the season with a good fourth at Quinte level.
She had a wide trip throughout on her seasonal return on the AW in March, but again ran really well to finish fourth in a Quinte on her latest outing and she has very little to find at the weights now switched to this class 2 conditions contest.
Srifanelogreen ran a huge race last time in a really competitive class 3 and is the one to beat on that form, as he looks set to improve again on a fine 2022 campaign. However, he is priced accordingly and with Fresh Kiss open to further improvement after just eight career starts, she looks too big to ignore.
11.02am Nantes – 1pt win, 0.5pt place Fresh Kiss @ 10-1 (10-1 Paddy Power, Betfair, 11-1 Bet365, 9-1 Skybet, William Hill, 8-1 elsewhere)
Nantes Top Trainers (2021)
1. Henri-Alex Pantall 8 wins (28%)
2. Ludovic Gadbin 4 wins (14%)
3. Philippe Sogorb 3 wins (28%)
4. Nicolas Paysan 3 wins (38%)
5. Joel Boisnard 3 wins (14%)
Nantes Top Jockeys (2021)
1. Alexandre Roussel 5 wins (14%)
2. Damien Boche 4 wins (22%)
3. Mickael Berto 3 wins (27%)
4. Julien Guillochon 3 wins (11%)
5. Hugo Lebouc 3 wins (11%)
How to get there
Bus
The 26 Bus can be taken from the St-Nicolas stop in the town centre. It’s 14 stops to the racecourse stop, Champ de Courses.
Drive
The drive to the racecourse from the city centre takes 20 minutes in a taxi, factoring in light traffic.
Nantes Top Races
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Grand Prix de Nantes
Nantes Map
Nantes Tips Archives
Nantes Horse Racing Tips Today – 16/09
Francis Graffard has already sent out the winners of two middle-distance maidens this week and Nova Scotia looks set to provide him with another success at Nantes today (12.22pm). The son of Le Havre has built up a solid profile in three starts to date and was...
French Racing Tips – 20/06
I’m not convinced by the pair at the top of the market in the opening contest at Nantes (10.55am) and instead am siding with Worth A Team. The Tim Donworth-trained juvenile looked all at sea on debut at Chantilly in April, but was much improved over this course and...
French Racing Tips – 02/05 Pt 2
Jean De Mieulle has campaigned his horses sparingly this term and has been rewarded with some good results. An 11% win rate may not be much to write home about but 24 of his 45 runners have either won or hit the frame and some of his 'crossbar' horses are coming good,...
French Racing Tips – 02/05
Fabrice Foucher runs three in the lower division of the mile handicap (11.47am), but though Aintreegirl is the biggest price of his representatives, she could well spring a surprise at a big price. She finished with running left over 7f at Lion d’Angers last time,...
French Racing Tips – 30 October Part 1
Though he has to give weight away all round, Norwegian Sir should be well-suited by conditions at Nantes today and looks a shade overpriced in the mile class 2 (11.35am). He won handicaps off 34 and 36.5 in the spring, the second of them a Quinte on very soft ground...
French Racing Tips
One bet on the card at Nantes in the concluding chase (2.52pm), where Rock The Kasbah looks a generous 2-1 to bounce back to winning ways. Though he is well into the veteran stage, he is faced with a very moderate bunch of rivals today and is sure to appreciate being...
French Racing Tips
With almost all eyes on Aintree this afternoon, we begin our weekend in the French provinces at Nantes, which is priced up by all firms. Race 4 at 10.50am UK time is a 12-furlong maiden for three-year-olds and despite there not being a lot of form to go on, I think...
