THERE were a pair of blacktype races run at Auteuil on Sunday. The Grade 3 Prix Hypothese over hurdles was won by Device, a five-year-old son of Poliglote who featured in this column a fortnight ago.

The other race was the Listed Prix Lutteur III, a chase over two miles and six furlongs, and it was won by the five-year-old Califet gelding Mister Bal. Owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede and trained by Guy Cherel, the gelding is the third blacktype performer from the first three foals produced by the Turgeon (Caro) mare Royale Surabaya.