Avenir Certain completed a French Classic double when swooping wide and late in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly yesterday.

French star-in-waiting Prince Gibraltar stands in front of The Grey Gatsby as Kevin Ryan’s colt pitches for Classic glory in tomorrow’s Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly.

Toormore has been given a clean bill of health after his run in the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Dermot Weld’s Fascinating Rock aims to build on the good impression he has made already this season in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Trainer Jim Bolger has yet to decide whether Leitir Mor will join stablemate Dawn Approach in the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Mikel Delzangles has confirmed Hermival as an intended starter in Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien does not expect the rain-softened ground to trouble the unbeaten Maybe as she shoots for Classic glory in Sunday’s Qipco 1000 Guineas.

CAMELOT and Dabirsim were ranked the joint top two-year-olds of last season following the unveiling of the European Classifications in London this afternoon.

AIDAN O’BRIEN bids to round his Royal Ascot off with another big winner when the potentially high-class Await The Dawn tackles the Hardwicke Stakes.

Immortal Verse confirmed the superiority of French three-year-old fillies as she led home a memorable one-two for the Collet family in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Immortal Verse came from last to first to land the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot for France.

Richard Fahey may have been out of luck with Wootton Bassett in the French Guineas but his excellent form continued as Kay Gee Bee landed the feature race at Ripon.

RICHARD FAHEY is praying Wootton Bassett can keep his unbeaten record intact when he makes his seasonal return in tomorrow’s Poule D’Essai Des Poulains (2000 Guineas) at Longchamp.

JOHN GOSDEN’S Maqaasid finished a fine third behind Blue Bunting in the Newmarket 1,000 Guineas earlier in the month and her trainer is hoping this tough filly can gain some compensation in tomorrow’s French equivalent.

So You Think could be set for a mouthwatering clash with last year’s Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Workforce after making a successful European debut.

ST. Nicholas Abbey, off the track since finishing sixth to Makfi in last year’s English 2,000 Guineas, flopped in his comeback run at the Curragh yesterday, finishing a well-beaten third behind Unaccompanied in the listed geegeez.co.uk Alleged Stakes.

SANS FRONTIERES has been ruled out of next month’s Melbourne Cup after suffering a muscle-related illness.

MICHAEL STOUTE completed his set of major European honours as a reborn Workforce shook off a difficult midsummer and the sustained challenge of Japanese runner Nakayama Festa in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Wootton Bassett made it five wins from as many starts with a brilliant all-the-way win in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp.

At First Sight is out to prove his extraordinary run in the Investec Derby was no fluke in tomorrow's King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.

FEW of the fillies attending Ladies’ Day on Thursday will match the superstar status of Goldikova as the globetrotting French mare clocked up her ninth Group One win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

AS Festival openers go, today’s first day of the Royal Ascot meeting exceeds with regal abandon.

Aidan O'Brien hopes Steinbeck has progressed enough to give Canford Cliffs a race in tomorrow's St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

THE three first three home in the 2000 Guineas are among a nine-strong line-up for the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

Makfi “knows he is a racehorse now” as he prepares for a mouthwatering rematch with Canford Cliffs and Dick Turpin in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot next month.

MALE and female, the Classic generation’s milers are the most difficult groups to get a handle on and it’s not certain that this weekend’s Guineas at the Curragh will make the picture all that much clearer. In today’s colts’ Classic, the talent is all at the top of the market but there are enough doubts about Canford Cliffs’ stamina and Steinbeck’s readiness to advise a watching brief.

Brian Meehan has decided to let Super Sleuth take her chance in Sunday’s stanjames.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

FRANKIE Dettori looks set to play a major part in whether Fantasia runs in the stanjames.com 1000 Guineas after her electric display in the Leslie Harrison Memorial Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR sunk on an unfavourably soft surface as Freddie Head chalked up his sixth Group One success of the year courtesy of Goldikova in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp yesterday.

Impressive Prix Rothschild winner Goldikova is to be campaigned with a tilt at the Breeders’ Cup in mind.

Richard Quinn is looking forward to teaming up with French 2000 Guineas third River Proud in the Vodafone Derby after surviving an 11th hour injury scare at Lingfield.

Frankie Dettori admits his probable ride in next month’s Vodafone Derby is up in the air.

Dream Day, who was a recent runner-up to Muthabara at Newbury, could be set an even greater challenge against wonder-filly Zarkava in the French 1000 Guineas.

Paul Cole is eyeing a tilt at the French 2000 Guineas with River Proud after the colt ran with credit to finish fourth in the Craven Stakes on his seasonal bow.

Infallible, Spacious, Muthabara and Natagora all feature among the 28 fillies still in the stanjamesuk.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 4.

AQALEEM can follow in the footsteps of Sixties Icon last year in getting beaten in the Derby before going onto Gordon Stakes glory at Goodwood today.

There is no doubting the class of Jim Bolger’s 1000 Guineas winner Finsceal Beo and many believe her to be a cast-iron certainty for the Boylesports-sponsored version at the Curragh on May 27.

Sander Camillo could run in the French 2000 Guineas at Longchamp on Sunday.

Mick Kinane could be in for the mount on Group One winner Simply Perfect when she launches an attack on either the French or English 1000 Guineas.

Tommy Stack unleashed a potentially decent juvenile when Another Express sprinted to victory in the Michael Murphy & Co. Ltd EBF Median Auction Maiden at the Curragh today.

Mount Nelson staked his claim for Classic honours next term with a cosy success in the Group One Criterium International at Saint-Cloud.

KIEREN FALLON’S week failed to receive a much-needed tonic as Stormy River came from last to first to land the Prix Jean Prat in sensational style at Chantilly yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien is preparing to perform a delicate balancing act with ante-post Stan James 2000 Guineas favourite George Washington.

SHAMARDAL stepped up in distance as the Prix du Jockey Club came in the opposite direction with perfect results at Chantilly yesterday.