Talking Horses: Hoping for Ulysses weather in France plus Monday tips


Sir Michael Stoute’s colt needs a dryish surface if he is to turn around the King George form with Enable on Sunday

I see that the ground at Chantilly, which will stage the Arc on Sunday, is being reported as ‘soft’ this morning by the International Racing Bureau and that’s hardly a surprise for the time of year. But I’m interested that the forecast for that area is dry and quite warm, with no more than 2mm of rain even on those days when rain is expected.

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