AIDAN O’BRIEN is still three-handed in Sunday’s Group One Prix Morny at Deauville following the first forfeit stage.

WHIPPER could be set for a mouth-watering clash with the unbeaten Divine Proportions next week after lifting the Group One Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville yesterday.

Robert Collet, who saddles Whipper in tomorrow’s Breeders’ Cup Mile, received a timely boost when his Centifolia and Salut Thomas gave him a one-two in the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte today.

Falbrav, favourite for Sunday’s Hong Kong Cup, enjoyed a canter at Sha Tin under the eye of trainer Luca Cumani this morning.

ROBERT COLLET’S 26-1 shot Whipper created a big upset as the British and Irish raid fizzled out in the Prix Morny Casinos Barriere at Deauville yesterday.

Monday saw one of the two French raiders for Saturday’s Sagitta 2000 Guineas nibbled at in the ante-post market on the Newmarket showpiece.