The entries have been made for the top races across the 2021 edition of Royal Ascot, which is expected to see the return of spectators and pageantry.
There were no French-trained winners in 2020 and the last successful gallic raider was Watch Me, who won the 2019 Coronation Stakes for Francis Graffard and Pierre-Charles Boudot.
Many of the below entries are speculative in their nature and are unlikely to run, particularly in the case of the three-year-olds. The top chance at this stage would appear to be Suesa in the Commonwealth Cup, who is 20/1 in antepost lists before being unleashed in her second Chantilly prep today. Fabre’s Burgarita impressed in listed company at the weekend but the daughter of Sea The Stars appears more likely to shoot for Group One glory in the Prix de Diane at home.
The following French-trained horses have been entered for these Group races:
Queen Anne Stakes
Duhail – Andre Fabre
The Revenant – Francis-Henri Graffard
Victor Ludorum – Andre Fabre
St James’s Palace Stakes
Summiter – Christophe Ferland
Duke of Cambridge Stakes
Queen of Love – Andre Fabre
Sagamiyra – Mikel Delzangles
Speak of The Devil – Fabrice Chappet
Tropbeau- Andre Fabre
Prince of Wales’s Stakes
In Swoop – Francis-Henri Graffard
Ribblesdale Stakes
Burgarita – Andre Fabre
Star Garland – Andre Fabre
King Edward VII Stakes
Gold – Christophe Ferland
Commonwealth Cup
Acapulco Gold – Fabrice Chappet
Bavaria Express – Fabrice Chappet
Chez Pierre – Francis-Henri Graffard
Prince Lancelot – Fabrice Chappet
Stardevote – Christophe Ferland
Suesa – Francois Rohaut
Coronation Stakes
Cirona – Christophe Ferland
King’s Harlequin – Nicolas Clement
Rougir – Cedric Rossi
Rumi – Carlos Laffon-Parias
See The Rose – Andre Fabre
Silvestri – Carlos Laffon-Parias
Sky Angel – Henri-Alex Pantall
Sweet Lady – Francis-Henri Graffard
Hardwicke Stakes
Influx – Christophe Ferland
Magny Cours – Andre Fabre
Mare Australis – Andre Fabre
