Saint-Cloud Tips and Racecourse Guide

Saint-Cloud Racecourse is located in the western part of Paris and features a fantastic left-handed turf course for flat racing.

Saint-Cloud is known for being the first turf fixture each season and also features the first juvenile contest.

The top race is the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, which attracts future types for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October.

The Prix Greffulhe in spring is considered the most appropriate French trial for the Epsom Derby in the UK as it is the only recognised Derby trial for three-year-olds on a left-handed course. In 2011 Pour Moi used the race as a springboard to Epsom, completing a memorable double for Andre Fabre and teenager Mickael Barzalona.

Saint-Cloud Tips

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 22/10

There could be a Classic contender to come out of the Group One races at Saint-Cloud this afternoon, but they are both tricky betting affairs.

 

I’m heading to the Group Three Prix Perth for my nap of the day where I strongly fancy Belbek to gain his first win as a three-year-old. The 2022 Lagadere winner had been touted for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in spring but has clearly taken a few runs to regain something like the form he showed last year. I wouldn’t normally be in a rush to back a type that, on paper, could be considered as having regressed from two to three, but his last two runs put him in with a big chance this afternoon.

 

Two starts back he finished fastest of all (32″87 for the final 600m) in a bunch for the places in the Prix du Moulin, a race which now looks stronger than many would have thought at the time, with both Big Rock and Kelina both winning Group One races this month. We then saw Belbek on Arc Weekend in the Group Two Prix Daniel Wildenstein, where he caught the eye again. He travelled strongly and although he wouldn’t have beaten Poker Face, he was denied a run by Isaac Shelby at a crucial moment.

 

Connections spoke of retirement after that race but the fact they are rolling the dice again with Belbek today indicates that they still have unfinished business.

 

Stablemate Tribalist loves this C&D but has been off for four months and carries a 1kg penalty. He is the right favourite but some of his best performances here have come on faster ground where he’s been able to boss matters from a low draw.

 

The Revenant will be primed to run his best today is what is said to be his retirement race. The booking of Ryan Moore catches the eye but he has a fair bit to find with the selection on weight adjusted ratings, so I can easily pass him over at under half Belbek’s odds.

 

There is a potential concern with Belbek that his best form has come at Longchamp, but I think that is probably circumstantial. He began as a speedster last year, Chantilly, and then followed the Newmarket route via Deauville. He is 1-1 at Saint-Cloud having won his maiden here and he acts well with cut in the ground. It’s hard to see him out of the three this afternoon.

 

2.50pm Saint-Cloud – 2pts each-way Belbek @ 13/2 (bet365, Betfair Sportsbook, Paddy Power, Bet UK or 11/2 4 places with Sky Bet, or 6-1 available elsewhere)

Saint-Cloud Top Trainers (2020)

1. Andre Fabre 10 wins (20%)

2. Carlos & Yann Lerner 6 wins (19%)

3. Francis Graffard 6 wins (18%)

4. Jean-Claude Rouget 5 wins (19%)

5. Fabrice Chappet 5 wins (12%)

Saint-Cloud Top Jockeys (2020)

1. Pierre-Charles Boudot 24 wins (22%)

2. Mickael Barzalona 14 wins (16%)

3. Maxime Guyon 14 wins (11%)

4. Christophe Soumillon 9 wins (12%)

5. Theo Bachelot 9 wins (10%)

How to get there

Train

Saint-Cloud is not the easiest to get to via public transit and is further out than both Longchamp and Auteuil. Still, it is well worth making the effort to go there.

Factor in an hour to get to the course from central Paris. Either take the Line 1 (yellow) metro to La Defense and then the tram south to Val d’Or. Then it is a very short walk.

Alternatively, take the Transilien Line U, a suburban train, southbound 3 stops from La Defense.

Taxi

An Uber costs about €32 from Central Paris to Saint-Cloud Racecourse and takes 45 minutes, allowing for a bit of traffic.

Saint-Cloud Top Races

G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

G1 Criterium International

G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud

G2 Prix Corrida

G2 Prix du Muguet

G2 Prix Eugene Adam

Saint-Cloud Map

Saint-Cloud Tips Archives

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 08/09

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 08/09

Racing is back at Saint-Cloud for the first time in two months and I like the look of one in the 1m7f handicap (4.30pm).   Gold Palace won this corresponding race last year on the back of two comeback runs off a seven-month break and has had a near-identical...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 05/05

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 05/05

Saint-Cloud was good to us on Monday and we head back there for a maiden this afternoon. Just 2lbs separates the top four in the 3.00pm and there is obvious value to opposing the 11/10 favourite Kizmambo, for all that he drops in class.   Naval Academy has hinted...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 01/05

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 01/05

Mademoiselle Rose made a highly promising start for the excellent Christopher Head on her seasonal reappearance at Chantilly and should prove very difficult to beat in this considerably easier contest. 3.21pm Saint-Cloud - 2pts win Mademoiselle Rose @ 2-1 (Skybet,...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/03

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/03

Yoann Bonnefoy has made a quiet start to the year, but a Quinte success earlier on today’s Saint-Cloud card will have give the team a boost and I’m hoping further success awaits in the second division with El Roy.   Like Bonnefoy’s Quinte winner, El Roy has had a...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/11

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/11

David Menuisier sent over last month’s Group 1 Prix de Royallieu third Ottilien to win her maiden on this card at Saint-Cloud a year ago and half-brother Salamancan is worth backing to follow in her hoofprints this morning (11.30am).   The son of Recoletos was...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 30/09

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 30/09

Arabian racing takes centre stage at Saint-Cloud this afternoon but there are a couple of nice thoroughbred races on the undercard.   The Prix Matchem looks a good betting race to me at 2.25pm. Although Andre Fabre's Tribalist was my each-way fancy in the French...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 23/09

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 23/09

Minotauros hasn’t got the best of win records (2-27), but he has been running better than the form suggests of late and is capable of getting his head in front at Saint-Cloud this afternoon (4.45pm).   A winner at this time last year on his fourth start for Ed...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 16/09

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 16/09

He didn’t show much in two starts in two starts in the UK, but Fortuna Dufflecoat made a promising debut in France last month when runner-up at Deauville, and can go one better at Saint-Cloud this afternoon (1.15pm).   His runs in the UK came over 7/7.5f, but he...

Race Sharp Daily Telegram Tip – 08/09

Race Sharp Daily Telegram Tip – 08/09

Race Sharp has one daily selection that goes out to our free Telegram group 15 minutes before being posted online.  New to Telegram?  Sign up to our free channel here.   3.35pm Saint-Cloud   Cream Ice has form figures of 1210 at Saint-Cloud and is a massive...

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/09

Saint-Cloud Horse Racing Tips Today – 09/09

Make Me King finished one place behind today's favourite Gipsy Chief on debut at Deauville last month, but Andre Fabre's colt can reverse the form today (2.25pm).   He has the physical scope to make up into a very smart performer, backed up by an excellent...

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