THE latest incarnation of Longchamp – now known officially as ParisLongchamp, presumably due to a moment of insight from a genius in a marketing department - has not pleased everyone, with the jockeys critical of the false rail in the straight at early meetings and most recently of the racing surface itself.

Their protestations led to the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches being run on the outer track after a Poule d’Essai des Poulains on the middle one had seen U S Navy Flag sprawling while in the lead at halfway followed by plenty of congestion.