Porto pleases at 90/1

David being incapacitated the senior driver of the stable took charge of Porto for the first time this year at Enghien and off 25 metres he finished a very satisfactory 6th (3rd fastest km rate, because three of those in front of him were off the limit). Much better than the odds of 90/1 suggested!
As Paris Turf saw it:
Sur une cinquième ligne, à la corde, à un tour du but, n'a jamais été en mesure de se rapprocher utilement ; a gagné un rang après enquête.

He now heads for Mont St Michel on the 17th for an Apprentis autostart, where he will be off the front line, so fingers crossed that David will have recovered. (Mont St Michel is the track where my second horse Green des Baux, now being ridden by Thembi in Hastings - after periods in Manchester and Mayenne - won as a two year old, driven by Bernard.)