From handicaps to a Classic: Brandt team to supplement Miss Extra for Diane

Way To Paris has already provided French racing with one notable storyline this season with a first Group 1 at the age of seven, and connections of Miss Extra are hoping for another fairytale success after deciding to supplement the daughter of Masterstroke for Sunday's Prix de Diane Longines at a cost of €39,600.

Miss Extra was purchased by privately by agent Ghislain Bozo for owner Alain Jathiere over the course of the winter when still a maiden, having run four times with promise for Joel Boisnard.

Since joining the Chantilly yard of Pia and Joakim Brandt, Miss Extra has gone on quite the winning spree, starting with a Longchamp handicap on the day racing returned from the coronavirus lockdown on May 11.

From there she has quickly scaled greater heights, deploying a fine turn of foot to score in a Listed race at Deauville before following up in the Group 2 Prix de Sandringham at Chantilly on June 19.

All three of Miss Extra's victories for the Brandts have been at a mile and, as with Peaceful and Alpine Star, she has to prove her stamina in the 1m2½f event.

"2,100 metres [one mile and two and a half furlongs] is obviously a question mark but she'll be ridden for herself rather than against the others, and we'll see if she gets home," said Brandt.

"She was bought to earn black type but you could never imagine at the beginning of the year that she would end up here. She has changed a lot and is much stronger and calmer than when she arrived.

"The filly is at 100 per cent and that's what persuaded us to supplement."

Hamdan pair remain hard to split

Cristian Demuro still appears to have a difficult choice to make after Raabihah and Tawkeel – both of whom are yet to taste defeat – were left in the Diane after Tuesday's second forfeit stage.

The pair occupy second and third sport in the betting for the Classic and are both owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum and trained by Demuro's chief ally, Jean-Claude Rouget.

"There's no decision yet and I'll have to sit down with the boss," said Demuro. "We'll see how they are over the next couple of days but they are both in good form and it will be tough to decide."

Raabihah made her case with an emphatic success in the Listed Prix de la Seine at Longchamp, while Tawkeel showed a searing turn of foot to land the Prix Saint-Alary over all bar 100 metres of the Diane course at Chantilly.

Demuro has been the go-to jockey for Chantilly Classics in recent seasons – he has won two of the last three Jockey Clubs as well as the 2016 Diane – and will be abaord the Rouget-trained Port Guillaume in the French version of the Derby on Sunday.

Read more

'When he's in good form he can beat anything': Way To Paris wins first Group 1

Stephane Pasquier snapped up for Harrington ace in French Oaks

Watch: Mickael Barzalona bitten by Earthlight's work companion at Saint-Cloud

For the freshest betting advice, based on latest going and market conditions, don't miss the Live Tipster every afternoon. Just click Raceday Live at racingpost.com or the mobile app