While all eyes were on Aidan and Donnacha O'Brien cleaning up at Newmarket on Saturday, multiple French champion jumps trainer Guillaume Macaire may have unleashed another potential superstar at Auteuil during the same afternoon. Contesting the Prix Pride of Kildare, a conditions hurdle over two miles two, Please God ran out an emphatic ten lengths winner. Taking charge with a circuit to run, Bertrand Lestrade took his mount wide down the back straight before powering away after the second last. A gelded son of Saint Des Saints, it remains to been seen what he beat but the three year old couldn't have made a better start to his career. The leading agents are sure to have been watching and it will be interesting to see if he snapped up by one of the major owners in the UK or Ireland or he remains with Macaire. Who knows, he could develop into a serious Triumph Hurdle contender. Remember where you heard about him first.
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