Revoir

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 19:42, PRIX DE LIANCOURT-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT Field: La Bonne Etoile (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Benamira (GB) (Waldgeist {GB}), Hollys Graces (Ire) (Australia {GB}), Mahiya (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}), Galene (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Victory Queen (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Merveilleux Lapin (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}), Revoir (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Reine De Medicis (Ire) (Romanised {Ire}), Model Yuko (GB) (Al Kazeem {GB}). TDN Verdict: Godolphin's Victory Queen, one of five international visitors, finished ahead of Revoir in July's Listed Lyric Fillies' Stakes...

For so long now we have been used to the Galileo factor at Epsom, and while none of his final small crop of 13 has made the line-up for the Derby or the Oaks, we still find his name all over the place on the pages of this year's runners, merely starting to shuffle back a bit in the generation game.  Galileo's sons Frankel, Australia and Circus Maximus each have at least one runner in the Derby, and Frankel and Australia also have Oaks runners. Eight of the 19 Derby...

Following Saturday's confirmation stage, Godolphin's 1,000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower (Night Of Thunder) is one of nine possible runners in Friday's Betfred Oaks at Epsom. Unbeaten in five career starts, culminating with a comfortable defeat of Flight and Simmering in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, Desert Flower is the sponsor's 7/4 favourite to complete a Classic double at Epsom, a feat last achieved by the Aidan O'Brien-trained Love five years ago. O'Brien is responsible for three of the remaining nine contenders in Giselle (Frankel), the wide-margin winner of the Listed...