Zanthos continued her preparation for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches a week on Sunday with a racecourse gallop on the Rowley Mile under Oisin Murphy on Thursday morning. Watched by trainers Simon and Ed Crisford, Victorious Forever's racing manager Chris Wall, and Anthony Stroud, who bought the daughter of Sioux Nation for €1 million at Arqana's Breeze-up Sale, Zanthos moved powerfully across the turf in the company of a stable-mate. Though the filly has twice won at Newmarket, on the July Course on debut and at the Rowley Mile when landing the G2 Rockfel Stakes last September, Ed Crisford said that it had long been the plan to swerve this Sunday's 1,000 Guineas in favour of next week's French Classic at Longchamp.“She took a while to come this spring, but the last two weeks she's really just come forward. She looks terrific and it was just a routine bit [of work] to get her out today on the grass,” he said. “That should put her spot on for a week on Sunday. Hopefully we don't get too much rain in Paris.” Zanthos warms down at the Rowley Mile | Emma Berry Crisford added, “She's high-cruising filly. She's got that exuberant style of racing and I think she'll probably always have that. But we've tried to relax her a lot through the winter.“Although she won the Rockfel [over seven furlongs], we just felt that the straight mile here, that last furlong could just be a little bit too far up the hill. So we always thought we'd go to France to give her a chance of getting that mile. If she can just settle and be in a nice rhythm, I'm sure she can be finishing her races over a mile.”William Haggas also took advantage of the watered turf on the Rowley Mile to give a racecourse gallop to his G1 Lockinge Stakes contender More Thunder (Night Of Thunder), the winner of last year's G2 Hungerford Stakes for owner Saeed Suhail. Ridden by Tom Marquand, the five-year-old was partnered in his work by Lake Forest (No Nay Never) and Cieren Fallon. Lake Forest, who was gelded over the winter, will head to Haydock for the Listed Spring Trophy on May 9. He first sprang to prominence when winning the G2 Gimcrack Stakes of 2023 and went on to a lucrative success the following year in the Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Now five, Lake Forest, who was also runner-up to Never So Brave in last year's G1 City Of York Stakes, has banked close to £3.5 million in earnings for owners Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy. Both he and More Thunder hold entries for the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. The post Zanthos Remains on Course for Paris After Newmarket Gallop appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.