Visindar, the 3-1 favorite at Ladbrokes for the Epsom Derby, gets his acid test at Saint-Cloud on Monday in the Group 2, $167,000 Prix Greffulhe.

Visindar, a son of 2000 Epsom Derby winner Sinndar who is owned by the Aga Khan and trained by Andre Fabre, has easily won a one-mile Saint-Cloud maiden and a 1 1/8-mile Longchamp allowance in his only two starts. In the 1 1/4-mile Greffulhe he will face five rivals, one of whom, Moon Mix, will serve as his pacesetter.

While Andre Fabre may be without a runner in either of the French Guineas races at Longchamp on Sunday, Aidan O'Brien is bringing four colts to France for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) and two fillies for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas), both of which are worth $513,000.

O'Brien has even attracted the services of Fabre's first-string rider, Christophe Soumillon, in the French 2000 Guineas for Marcus Andronicus.

The Japan Racing Association will introduce a new race at the Grade 1 level at Tokyo on Sunday: the $1.6 million . The race has attracted a full field of 18 fillies and mares, of which the standout undeniably is Rhein Kraft.

NEW YORK - There were signs in the sun and stars on May 6, 2006, and they were all aligned above the name of Jackson.

To put what Roy and Gretchen Jackson achieved last Saturday at Newmarket and Churchill Downs into perspective it is necessary to invent newly minted superlatives that are not currently found in any English dictionary, either in America or Britain.

Papal Bull, a Montjeu colt owned by the same team as Saturday's 2000 Guineas winner, George Washington, came from last to first to win the Group 3, $122,000 Chester Vase at Chester Racecourse, south of Liverpool, on Thursday.

With the withdrawal of last year's French juvenile champion, Carlotamix, from Sunday's Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) at the four-day entry stage Wednesday, trainer Andre Fabre will be without a runner in both that race and its filly equivalent, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas).

France Galop announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Japanese automobile manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors to sponsor the Prix du Jockey-Club, or French Derby, to be run at Chantilly on June 4.

The sponsorship is a two-year contract with an option to renew in 2008. The French classic is now officially known as the Prix du Jockey-Club Mitsubishi Motors and has a value of $1.9 million.

Speciosa scored one for racing's lesser lights at Newmarket on Sunday as she stormed to a 2 1/2-length victory in the 1000 Guineas Stakes over a rain-softened Rowley Mile that her better-connected rivals could not handle. Earlier in the day, Shirocco reveled in the soft going to take the Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes easily in his first start since having won the Breeders' Cup Turf.

Bullish Luck scored a repeat victory in the $1.03 million Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday, as the fabled Silent Witness faded tamely into ninth place in the third leg of the Asian Mile Challenge.

Speciosa scored one for racing's lesser lights at Newmarket on Sunday, when she stormed to victory in the Group 1, $607,000 1000 Guineas Stakes over a rain softened Rowley Mile that her better connected rivals could not handle. Earlier in the day, Shirocco reveled in the soft going to easily take the Group 2, $167,000 Jockey Club Stakes in his first start since he won the Breeders' Cup Turf.