Trainer Aidan O'Brien has another Epsom Derby contender after Admiralofthefleet landed the Group 3, $118,000 Dee Stakes at Chester on Friday. O'Brien thus swept Chester's Derby preps, as he had won Thursday's Chester Vase with Soldier of Fortune.

By Danehill out of a mare who is a full sister to Machiavellian and a half to Exit to Nowhere, Admiralofthefleet, 7-2, scored by two lengths from the 2-1 favorite, Desert Dew. Admiralofthefleet finished in 2:09.82 under Michael Kinane for the 1 1/4 miles and 75 yards on good ground.

Finsceal Beo takes step two in her bold attempt to become the first filly to win all three of the major European 1000 Guineas on Sunday when she tackles 12 rivals in the French version of the classic mile at Longchamp, the $540,000 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches.

Soldier of Fortune earned his ticket to the Epsom Derby with a victory in Thursday's Group 3, $130,000 Chester Vase, but he had to pull out all the stops to run down Arabian Gulf for the victory.

Lawman took no prisoners at Chantilly in France on Wednesday as he drew off to a 2o1/2-length victory in the Group 3, $108,000 Prix de Guiche, establishing himself as a major French Derby contender in the process.

Champs Elysees added another feather to the richly plumed headdress of his dam, Hasili, at Longchamp on Tuesday as he earned his first black-type victory with a sharp score in the Group 3, $108,000 Prix d'Hedouville.

A 4-year-old son of Danehill, trained by Andre Fabre for Khalid Abdullah, Champs Elysees won going away under Stephane Pasquier at 5-2 in his seasonal debut, defeating Mister Conway by 1 1/2 lengths. He ran the 1 1/2 miles in 2:30.80 on soft ground.

Finsceal Beo brought smiles back to Irish faces at Newmarket on Sunday as she confirmed 5-4 favoritism in sweeping to victory in the $700,000 1000 Guineas Stakes.

Cockney Rebel belied his 25-1 odds as he came with a scintillating run to upset the $700,000 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Devastated by the injury that caused Teofilo to miss Saturday's 2000 Guineas, trainer Jim Bolger will look for consolation on Sunday when he saddles the favored Finsceal Beo in Newmarket's filly equivalent, the 1000 Guineas Stakes, a classic Group 1 mile worth $700,000.

Finsceal Beo, the European juvenile filly champion, is one of six of the 23 runners in the 1000 Guineas who will be making her season debut.

The shocking defection Thursday of the favored Teofilo from the 2000 Guineas enhances the chance of French invader US Ranger in the $700,000 classic mile at Newmarket on Saturday.

Two of the world's greatest jockeys, past and present, combined forces to land the Group 2, $177,000 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud on Tuesday, as Freddy Head gave Frankie Dettori a leg up aboard the victorious Racinger.