Henry Candy’s Limato set to run in the Prix de la Foret at Chantilly racecourse next month

LIMATO is set to defend his crown in the Prix de la Foret at Chantilly next month.

Henry Candy's five-year-old has not got his head in front since that win last year but has performed admirably including a second to Harry Angel in the July Cup.

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Limato also holds entries at Newmarket and in the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot the following week, but Candy is keen on a return to France.

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"He's in great form and I think it's the Foret or nothing," said the Kingstone Warren-based trainer.

"He'll be in at Ascot, but it's going to be really soft this year, I'd have thought.

"He'll go to the Foret in search of quicker ground."

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