Not only would I bet on it, I did bet on it at the Hippodrome Vincennes in Paris a couple years ago. There were two Montes races on the 8 race card I went to.
As an aside, the French don't put up with much BS. If a horse breaks, he's disqualified immediately. And they ain't catering to English-speaking people in their PP's or at their racing websites. (Unfortunately, most of my picks were losers in any language!
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