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Stats Guide: G1 Prix des Elites.
The G1 Prix des Elites (2175m) is the feature race this weekend run at Vincennes on Sunday. This mounted contest is, for the first time, restricted to four-year-olds having previously been open to three, four-and five-year-olds. We preview the event.
The Prix des Élites was first run in 1943. Whilst initially held as part of the Winter Meeting, for many years it has been run in early autumn and complemented the Prix des Étoile held at the end of the Winter Meeting in March. The uniqueness of these two races was a race open to 3-4-&-5-year-olds with the younger generation receiving a 50m start against older rivals over the short-course at Vincennes of 2200m. Progressive three-years-olds dominated the race for ten successive years, however older horses won the past five renewals.
Times move on and with the revamp of race programming this year, the Prix des Élites has undergone a dramatic change with the race being now restricted exclusively to four-year-olds under mounted conditions. The distance remains 2200m.
Five horses are genuine chances in this years' renewal, four having won a monte G1. This is a very even generation of monte horses. Our stats guide provides the reasons why a horse may or may not be victorious.
| Horse | Positives | Negatives |
| Isla De Banville | Trainer/rider produce good monte horsesGood barefoot record of 4 runs for 2 wins and 1 place | Making mounted debutYet to race at Black Type level |
| Irina du Ris | Winner of three of five monte racesPB recorded last start | Still eligible for restricted racesJust out of maiden metropolitan level |
| Idole of Love | Leading jockey engaged | Making mounted debut Yet to race at Black Type level |
| Ivana de Bertrange | PB recorded last startFair barefoot record of 10 starts with a win and 4 places | Making mounted debutYet to race at Black Type level |
| Iliade Meloise | Has two wins and three seconds from twelve monte races | Failed in monte G2 last start |
| Ibra du Loisir | Monte G1 winner in June 2021, six races backPromising G2 third on first monte race last startYet to miss a place at this course & distanceShoes removed for the first time | Needs to prove has returned a top-level monte G1 contender |
| Intuition | Monte G1 winner in JuneLast start G2 trial winner | Rival has previously beaten her |
| Ines des Rioults | Good monte record with multiple Group placings | Struggling to win a G1Only one win from seventeen starts at Vincennes |
| Ideal du Chene | Monte G1 winner last DecemberConsistent in Group monte races | Form appears not as strong in recent starts Started favourite in a G1 in June but only managed fourth beaten by re-opposing rivals |
| Ici C'est Paris | Previous G1 winner and multiple G2 successesClose to peak form again following second in trial race | Form appears not as strong in recent starts |
