Longchamp assignment for Queen Pat Fahy hopes that Ballybacka Queen can give a good account in the Qatar Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp on Saturday. The four-year-old claimed a big handicap prize when landing the Cork Derby during the summer but arrives at this Group Two contest on the back of a fourth in the Listed Oyster Stakes at Galway. "The ground's drying out and they say it will be good. It's not ideal, but she's won on good to firm. She's over there and seems happy," said Fahy. "We're not going on her bare form. She pulled a front shoe off after going a furlong at Haydock (seventh in Lancashire Oaks) and she was lame after the race. "We went to Galway after a break and came in season at the races, so she ran well there, too, considering. We think she has a lot more to give."
