12.55 7f. 209yds. 16 Declared. Handicap de Bordeaux of €53,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €33,390.00 2nd - €10,600.00 3rd - €5,300.00 4th - €3,710.00
Formscan - NOBLEMAN (6) produced a solid effort when third in a Class 2 handicap on the PSF at Chantilly in late March and should benefit from a return to turf. He is narrowly preferred over GRAND SON OF CALYX (2), who was a respectable sixth in a Class 1 handicap at ParisLongchamp on April 6th after winning at Saint-Cloud in late March. PRINCE OF CLOUDS (14) appeals as a good each-way option, while ETATIQUE (3) can fare better than his recent runs suggest. SEE THE DREAM (5) is also worth keeping onside.