Betting news and tips: Trackman is back with the latest paddock talk as he reflects on the last week in racing

IT’S time to sort out your French fancies.

We have been living off bread and dripping since Cheltenham but there will be a proper feast of racing behind closed doors over at Longchamp on Monday.

Our Parisian pals are serving up a ten-race menu, which includes four Group events and a Guineas trial in the Prix de Fontainebleau.

Ladbrokes flew out of the blocks to price that event up and reckon Andre Fabre’s unbeaten Victor Ludorum is odds-on to nick the prize.

By the way, fabulous Fabre had intended to unleash his red-hot 2000 Guineas hope Earthlight in this race.

But Andre reports his flyer sprained a fetlock on Tuesday morning and needs a couple of days on the `easy’ list before jumping back on the treadmill.

Meanwhile, there is still a strong word that we will get the green light to kick on with our own `behind closed doors’ racing programme by mid-May.

That will be music to the ears of hard-working former champion jockey Jim Crowley.

You see, jolly Jim has spent most of the lockdown dreaming about riding his boss Hamdan Al Maktoum’s streak of lightening sprinter Battaash at Royal Ascot in June.

And he’s adamant the John Gosden-trained mare Enbihaar could go right to the top this year, saying: “I think she’s a real star.

Mind you, there is a whisper that we could have a few star-studded late entries.