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Stats Guide: Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil.
The G1 Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (5100m) is the feature hurdle contest for five-year-olds and above. Irish trainer, Willie Mullins has some interesting entries, but will they be a match for seventeen-time winner, French hurdling queen L'Autonomie?...
| Horse | Positives | Negatives |
| Klassical Dream | The only one of the three from the Irish stable who has course experience and has a promising profile at Auteuil with two placings from four track visitsLast time winner - G1 Champion Stayers Hurdle (4746m) at Punchestown (Ireland) | First attempt over this distance |
| Kemboy | Trainer in good form – 22% winning strike rate in last 50 runners | Only one placing from three outings this year |
| Tornado Flyer | Won the G1 King George Vi Chase (4828m) at Kempton Park (UK) three starts back, beating two subsquent winners | Little hurdle experience of one win from three hurdle attempts |
| L'Autonomie | Won this race by 30 lengths last yearAmazing overall career record of five placings and seventeen victories from 24 career outingsSixteen-time course winner | Below par when third last run in the G2 Prix Leon Rambaud Hurdle (4300m) |
| Henri Le Farceur | Six top-three finishes from thirteen hurdle runs | Trainer only working at 8% winning strike rate in last 50 runnersUpped from handicap level |
| Theleme | Trainer in excellent form working at 32% winning strike rate last 50 runnersStrong course profile of five placings and four victories from nine Auteuil visits | First attempt over this trip |
| Hermes Baie | Won the G2 Prix Leon Rambaud Hurdle (4300m) beating two re-opposing rivals last time | First attempt at the jounrey |
| Gallipoli | Promising hurdle profile of two placings and three wins from six hurdle outings | Upped from Listed company |
