This is a really hot race full of Group One winners whose form lines barely cross. Palace Pier is very short given the opposition and he shouldn’t be three times shorter than French ace Persian King. The bet I like in this race, given the heavy ground, is three-year-old filly ALPINE STAR. She gets all the allowances and is proven with cut so might have a significant advantage over the colts. Her half sister won this race a few years back and at 6/1 is very lively to repeat the feat.
1pt win Alpine Star @6/1, 14:50 Deauville, Sunday