This Monday is unlike others because the sand track is closed. The reason? Preparations for the celebration of the Bicentennial of the MTC tonight at the Champ de Mars. Jockeys Burke, Odendaal, Mansour, and Ségéon Joorawon are absent, as are most trainers, while the rider of Perdrau Stable, Brandon Morgenrood, is in the saddle and he works 5 horses.

Horses stretch their legs by performing 3 to 5 laps of the trotting track. Among the probable runners of the 15th meeting which will include a Group 1 (1500m), a Group 3 (2100m), and a race for three year-olds (1400m), we notice Ice Axe, Master Mascus, Abington, Royal Chalon, Diamond Light, Captain's Knock, Intercontinental, Captain Thriller, Druid's Moon, Honour In Gold, La Foce, Profit Report, Sharks Bay, and newcomers Ashanti Gold and Marwood Boy.

Tomorrow, training will be back to normal with gallops and ‘‘barrier trials'', but unusually, it will start at 5.30 instead of 5.00.