Neither Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach nor French Derby winner Reliable Man could produce his best form Thursday in the Grand Prix de Paris, and it was unheralded Meandre up late under Maxime Guyon to catch pacesetting Seville in the final furlong.

The undefeated Reliable Man will have three Aidan O’Brien-trained runners, headed by Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach, among his opponents Thursday in an appealing edition of the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp.

Dream Ahead, the English joint champion 2-year-old of 2010 with the undefeated Frankel, gave jockey Hayley Turner her first win in a Group 1 race in Saturday’s July Cup at Newmarket, England.

Making his second start of 2011, Dream Ahead (7-1) rallied between horses through traffic to win by a half-length over Bated Breath. Star Witness, the 4-1 favorite, finished 10th of 16. Delegator, unplaced in the last two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Mile, finished fifth.

The winning colors flashing home first at the finish of the Falmouth Stakes on Friday at Newmarket were familiar. The horse beneath them? Not so much.

Frederick Engels extended his stakes-winning streak to two races, and the mare Crystal Capella won her first career stakes against males in Group 2 stakes at Newmarket, England, on Thursday.

Frederick Engels, sent off at 7-4, won the six-furlong July Stakes by a length over 6-4 favorite Roman Emperor. Ridden by Eddie Ahern, Frederick Engels was always near the front and took the lead in the final furlong, holding off the favorite. Bannock finished third in the field of seven.

Delegator, unplaced in the last two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Mile, may finally win the first Group 1 race of his career in Saturday’s July Cup for sprinters at Newmarket, England.

A 5-year-old horse owned by Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing, Delegator is a lukewarm favorite for the July Cup, which is run over a straightaway six furlongs on Newmarket’s July course and has a purse of approximately $640,000.

Frederick Engels, the winner of the 24-runner Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 14, makes his group stakes debut against just seven rivals in Thursday’s Group 2 July Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Newmarket, England.

The July Stakes, worth approximately $96,600, is one of two Group 2 races on Thursday’s card, the first of the three-day July meeting at Newmarket that includes Friday’s Group 1 Falmouth Stakes for female milers and Saturday’s Group 1 July Cup for sprinters.

Mutual Trust remained unbeaten after four starts and won his first Group 1 race in the Prix Jean Prat for 3-year-olds at Chantilly, France, on Sunday.

Mutual Trust, ridden by Maxime Guyon, finished a head in front of Zoffany, the even-money favorite who finished a nose in front of pacesetter Strong Suit, in the one-mile race that was worth approximately $580,000.

The Group 1, $364,000 Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Park in England lived up to expectations. And this time, so did So You Think.

Zoffany, who finished a fast-closing second to Frankel in the Group 1 St. James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 14, will be favored to win the second Group 1 race of his career in Sunday’s Prix Jean Prat for 3-year-olds over a mile on turf at Chantilly, France.

Zoffany is part of a field of seven in the Prix Jean Prat, which has a purse of approximately $580,000.