SELECTION OF THE DAY...

ON ratings, Palace Pier is the best miler in the world but the prospect of fast ground at Deauville (2.50) today could result in the odds-on favourite giving best to POETIC FLARE (11-4, Paddy Power) in the Prix Jacques Le Marois. The Jim Bolger-trained colt is a threat on his 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes wins on quick going and he gets 6lbs weight-forage pull with Palace Pier.