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O'Brien holds strong hand in Criterium de Saint-Cloud Trainer Aidan O'Brien dominates the contenders for Saturday's €250,000 Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Fr-G1) with four out of the dozen possibles that remained after Tuesday's forfeit stage. Heading the Ballydoyle block entry -- which bagged a third renewal with subsequent Irish Derby (Ire-G1) hero Fame and Glory (Montjeu [Ire]) last year -- is the Royal Lodge S. (Eng-G2) hero JOSHUA TREE (Montjeu [Ire]) and MIKHAIL GLINKA (Galileo [Ire]), who finished sixth in that Ascot event before bagging last week's rescheduled Eyrefield S. at Leopardstown. The team is completed by Eyrefield fourth BANYAN TREE (Danehill Dancer) and Leopardstown maiden winner DON CARLOS (Galileo [Ire]). Other notable overseas entries include Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's LAYALI AL ANDALUS (Halling), who chased home subsequent Racing Post Trophy (Eng-G1) winner St Nicholas Abbey (Montjeu [Ire]) when second in September's Beresford S. (Ire-G2); Godolphin's PASSION FOR GOLD (Medaglia d'Oro), who ran third in that Curragh contest; and WH Sport International's Zukunfts-Rennen (Ger-G3) fourth ZAZOU (Shamardal). The home defense is led by the unbeaten Andre Fabre trainee SIMON DE MONTFORT (King's Best) and last month's Prix des Reservoirs (Fr-G3) fourth ZAGORA (Green Tune), the only filly in the 10-furlong contest. There is a €15,000 supplementary stage Wednesday.
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