Royal Ascot could come into the reckoning for Pointilliste, who created a good impression by dictating the pace in the Prix de Barbeville at Longchamp.

MIKE De Kock was less than happy after Archipenko was edged out by French raider Spirit One in the Arlington Million in Chicago on Saturday night.

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.

Dermot Weld’s Famous Name was agonisingly denied in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly by Vision D’Etat.

Librettist is set to return to Group One company on his next start after landing the Group Three Prix Messidor at Maisons-Laffitte.

GERMANCE booked her place in the Prix de Diane Hermes (French Oaks) on June 11 by maintaining her unbeaten record with a narrow victory in the Group One Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp yesterday.

MICK CHANNON now trains the first and second in the market for next year’s 1000 Guineas after Silca’s Sister was the surprise winner of the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville yesterday.

Jean-Claude Rouget’s Ruwi stretched his unbeaten record to four with a hugely impressive victory in the Group Two Prix Noailles at Longchamp today.

Francois Doumen, fresh from sending out two winners at the Cheltenham Festival, has a bright chance of lifting France’s first Group Two race of the season with Samando at Longchamp on Sunday.

Aidan O’Brien and Jamie Spencer team up with the unexposed Yehudi in tomorrow’s Criterium de Saint-Cloud, the juvenile prize which brings the curtain down on France’s Group One programme.

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.

FAR FROM TROUBLE, a full brother to top-class hurdler Bannow Bay, proved the star of the show at Fairyhouse last night when making a successful debut for owner JP McManus and trainer Christy Roche in the Bumper.

Elie Lellouche’s ultra-smart stayer Westerner sets out on the road to the Ascot Gold Cup when tackling the Group Three Prix de Barbeville at Longchamp tomorrow.