Doumen hopes for Somando luck at Longchamp

Francois Doumen, fresh from sending out two winners at the Cheltenham Festival, has a bright chance of lifting France’s first Group Two race of the season with Samando at Longchamp on Sunday.

The Prix d’Harcourt, a stepping stone to the Group One Prix Ganay later in the month, looks an ideal opportunity for Samando, who is returning to the scene of his finest moment, when victorous in the Prix de Royallieu on Arc weekend last October.