French options for Hawksmoor Hawksmoor will be on her way to France this weekend to run in either the French 1000 Guineas or the Prix Saint-Alary at Deauville. Trainer Hugo Palmer, whose big-race successes in the last 12 months include Classics in both England and Ireland, will talk with her owner Chris Humber before deciding which path to take. Hawksmoor was among the leading juvenile fillies last season, winning the Group Three Prestige Stakes and being placed in the Rockfel Stakes and Fillies' Mile. Palmer reports her to have wintered well and to be ready to make her seasonal reappearance in the either the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) over a mile on Sunday or in the 10-furlong Prix Saint-Alary on Monday. He told At The Races: "She's in the Prix de Saint-Alary on Monday. I shall leave her in both races and make a call after talking to the owner about which direction we head. "She's in great form. She's done really well over the winter. "She's a daughter of Azamour and I think she will get a mile and a quarter. If she can use her turn of foot, that could be quite potent. "We know that a mile in the French Guineas is fine for her as well. We're trying to pick the race she has the best chance of winning." Hawksmoor was among 14 fillies left in the Guineas at the second entry stage on Wednesday. Two other British-trained fillies, the William Haggas-trained Besharah and John Gosden's Nathra, stood their ground. The sole Irish possible at the moment is the Aidan O'Brien-trained Alice Springs, who was third to her stablemate Minding in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. The French contingent includes Andre Fabre's unbeaten Godolphin filly Come Alive and Jean Claude-Rouget's La Cressonniere, winner of all three starts in Listed races. O'Brien left in Bravery among 13 remaining in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) on Sunday, although he is expected to add impressive Navan maiden The Gurkha at Thursday's supplementary stage. The list includes three from England - Simon Crisford's First Selection, the Richard Fahey-trained Birchwood and Crazy Horse from John Gosden's stable. Among the French party are the unbeaten Zarak, trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre and Jimmy Two Times from the Fabre camp.
