ALLEZ France could well be the cry this weekend as Arqana hosts its annual breeze-up sale, ParisLongchamp stages the first two classics of the season, and one of our features in the paper is an interview I conducted with Louis Romanet recently.

Last week I wrote positively about the new facilities at ParisLongchamp, on a weekend when Cracksman made an impressive seasonal debut in the Prix Ganay. This weekend’s card sees runners from Ireland and England travel for the classics, but connections must be worried about the criticism of the track voiced by Christophe Soumillon this week.