Godolphin bring out the first of their Vodafone Derby aspirants at Chester on Friday as the ex-French Alexandros tackles the Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes.

Aidan O’Brien’s Sail breezed through the Weatherbys Bank Cheshire Oaks field to stake her claim for a place in the Juddmonte Oaks at Epsom next month.

FORMER Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition has stepped up his work-rate ahead of an eagerly-awaited return to the track.

Peeping Fawn is now the 6-4 favourite for tomorrow’s Darley Irish Oaks as confidence in Epsom heroine Light Shift continues to wane.

Bookmakers believe Henry Cecil has a tremendous chance of taking his Vodafone Oaks tally to eight with victory by one of his two fillies.