THE Godolphin team look set to have a strong hand ahead of the French Classics after Andre Fabre gave them a double at Longchamp yesterday.

DERMOT Weld kicked off what could turn out to be a magical week as Famous Name was agonisingly denied by a diminishing head in the Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly yesterday.

Kieren Fallon became the first jockey to complete a century for the year when the Michael Stoute-trained Peeress won the racingpost.co.uk Fillies’ Rated Stakes at Newmarket today.