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One of the best weekends in racing, all roads lead to Paris and Longchamp this weekend.

Of course the big topic of conversation is will Enable make history and win a third Arc?  To get us in the mood there is a great program for Saturday with 2 G1s and 3 G2s.

Activities get underway with the G2 Prix Dollar over 2000m for 3y+ over 2000m and a field of 6.  Godolphin's Line of Duty is odds-on here for Appleby-Buick 8/11.  From the locals Skalleti is going for a 5th consecutive win and Pierre-Charles Boudot will ride for J. Reynier.  Villa Rosa is 4/1 for Francis Devin with Alexis Badel riding.

The Daniel Wildenstein is also G2 over 1600m for 3y+ and only 5 runners.  We like The Revenant here for Francis Graffard with P-C Boudot riding and he's going for a 6th consecutive win.  He's 5/1 with Olmedo the likely favourite on 7/4.

The Prix de Royallieu is the first of the G1s for f&m over 2800m with a field of 9. The going is expected to be on the soft side but it shouldn't be too bad.  John Gosden saddles three here all of which have good chances – Enbihaar is 2/1 with Jim Crowley riding, Lah Ti Dar 5/1 with William Buick in the irons and Anapurna 4/1 with Dettori on board.  However we like the local Musis Amica here – she was scratched from the Arc to run in this ad is 5/1 with Barzalona riding for Fabre.

The G2 Prix Chaudenay is over 3000m for 3yos and there are 10 to go headed by the Godolphin Moonlight Spirit on 7/2 – Appleby-Buick and then there's Mark Johnston's Nayef Road with Dettori on board and 11/4 the quote.  Best of the locals could be Fabre's Muette on 9/1.

The G1 Prix Cadran is a great race for the stayers over 3600m with Mark Johnston's Dee Ex Bee on 6/5 with Barzalona riding.  Freddy Head's Call the Wind is 4/1 with Adrian Lemaitre on board and Way To Paris 6/1 for Marcialis and Cristian Demuro.

We will preview Arc day races later – it's a busy weekend on several fronts!