Talking Horses: Poetic Flare can take down Palace Pier in Deauville

Poetic Flare and Kevin Manning win the St James’s Palace Stakes for trainer Jim Bolger at Royal Ascot in June. Picture: Healy Racing

Having been denied a ‘Duel on the Downs’ between Palace Pier and Poetic Flare in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, the racing public will finally see the star milers clash in a fascinating renewal of the Jacques le Marois at Deauville tomorrow.

A blood disorder ruled Palace Pier out of the Goodwood assignment where the soft ground blunted Poetic Flare’s speed as he finished second to Alcohol Free.