TAC DE BOISTRON VERY SMART IN MUD

TAC DE BOISTRON (40) simply ran away with a Listed race over half a furlong short of two miles at Saint-Cloud. He ran the last 9.5 furlongs just 1.3 seconds slower than the two year olds managed in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud over 10f and came home 0.9 of a second faster over the last three furlongs despite being heavily eased.

In fact Tac de Boistron was 8 to 9 lengths ahead when he started being eased and ended up winning by three. Even if I credit him with just an extra three lengths I have to rate this a proper Group 2 class performance.

Tac de Boistron has obviously improved a good deal from last season when he remained a maiden after five runs. And he is clearly very smart in mud. If a short head photo against Group 1 placed Ley Hunter had gone his way he would now have won all four times he's run on very soft or heavy ground since last season.