French hopes show classic quality The Guineas trials run at Maisons-Laffitte in France this afternoon, the listed Prix Djebel and Prix Imprudence, fell to a couple of smart acts in Massalani and Glia.In the colts` prep, Massalani, trained by Andre Fabre and returned at 1.60 on the Pari Mutuel, stretched his record to three out of three when handing out a half-length beating to Robert Collet`s Middle Park Stakes runner-up, Zipping.The front two finished five lengths clear of Skyrock.In the fillies` trial, the well-regarded Criquette Head-Maarek contender Dedication went down by a neck to the Pascal Bary-trained Glia, a 3.1-1 shot, with Zizoune four lengths away in thirdThe seven-furlong tests, run on good ground over Maisons-Laffite`s straight course along the banks of the Seine, have been used by some top-class horses over the years, Zafonic famously floundering in soft going in the 1993 Djebel before going on to triumph in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
