It's time to pack up the bucket and spade and get out the hiking boots.

On Sunday at Deauville where the going is Good to Soft there are 3 Group races starting with the G3 Prix Quincey down the 1600m straight.  It's quite an open race and currently the market has Topgear on top for Head-Pasquier on 5/2.  Fast Raaj is on 3/1 for Barberot-Pouchin and since there are only 7 runners try adding Ozat 12/1 Fabre-Barzalona for the multiples.

The Grand Prix de Deauville has 6 runners over the 2500m course.  Arrest is on 6/4 for the Gosdens-Shoemark, Sacred Spirit on 5/2 for Frabre-Guyon and as the roughie German raider Quantanamera for Suborics-Pasquier.

The Prix Meautry is G3 over 1200m with Clive Cox's James Delight on 13/8 with Barzalona riding.  We like Beauvatier and 9/4 is about right – Barberot-Guyon.  And Spycatcher is on 13/2 for Karl Burke with Cliff Lee riding and not the roughest of roughies but Saint Lawrence on 10/1 is Hollie Doyle's ride.

It's the start of Baden week at Baden Baden so head to the Black Forest and that delightful part of the world.  The 154th Goldene Pleitsche will be run on Sunday and Al Shabab Storm heads the market for Balding-Jason Watson on 2/1.  Whispering Dream is 3/1 Pantall-Adrie de Vries and Three Havanas 4/1 for Grewe- T-H Hansen.