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French banker of the day - 12th December 2025

Friday’s French Banker is a three-year-old filly looking to finally break her maiden.


Astral Way (Francis-Henri Graffard / Stéphane Pasquier) Deauville – R8 – Prix du Verger

- Attractively bred daughter of Wootton Bassett.

- Placed on four of her five career starts including recently in October.

Astral Way looks to finally get her head in front after a string of promising performances in the Prix du Verger this afternoon at Deauville.

Having taken time to make the track, she made her debut in June 2024 at Compiegne when showing significant promise back in third before backing that effort up in almost identical fashion at the same venue a month later.

Another near miss over the same course and distance followed last August and although she was ultimately disappointing when returning from a break at Chantilly in April, something was clearly amiss there as she again didn't return to the track until runner-up at Niort just two months ago.

Astral Way hails from a good family and has offered enough hope in four starts to believe she can get her head in front and with the Francis-Henri Graffard team in fine form at present, she looks well-placed to put her best foot forward this afternoon.


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