Mandesha Primed For Foy Challenge Alain de Royer-Dupre believes the Prix Foy will provide Mandesha with a perfect opportunity to tune up for an autumn campaign.The four-year-old is set to tackle the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this term after connections decided to sidestep the Group One feature with their charge last year.Mandesha was last seen finishing second behind four-time Group One winner Peeping Fawn in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood ? but she was a multiple winner at the highest level herself last term.Her victories included the Prix Vermeille, but Royer-Dupre will bypass that event this time in favour of a smaller-field contest.'I think she's going better and better. She looks like she did last year before the Prix Vermeille,' he said.'We had the option of the Vermeille but I think in the Foy you have a smaller field which is better than to go for the Group One.'When you run a race with five or seven horses it's like a gallop in the morning if you go with 14 or 17 horses it's not the same,' he told At The Races.'For a preparation I prefer a race with fewer horses.'(C) PA Sport
