Nad al Whinnie
At the Start
I love Longchamps (and yes, Deauville's much better) but French racing is "really cool!" Trouble is, France-Galop post "racecards" which are only the race order. Where can I get the racecard which shows the draw? I hope that Dettori on the back of number 13 doesn't get a wide draw: he was atrocious on Motivator some years back when drawn 12 (the widest for that race)! He came last. Fallon threw the winner - Yeats - across Johnny Murtagh's horse, and to present the prizes, the Prime-minister of France stood like a lemon for 30 minutes whilst there was an enquiry! The result was allowed to stand, as Magnier owned both horses, and so would have won the prize either way (I think Youmzain was the wronged horse?) But whither an early racecard with details of the draw? (Camelot is 5/2 16.45 Thursday 4th October)