Aidan O'Brien's Festival Hall, the National Stakes third, is among 13 acceptors for the Group One Criterium de Saint-Cloud in Paris on Saturday.

O'Brien has also left in last Saturday's Leopardstown winner, Cupid, at the first forfeit stage for the big Parisian two-year-old test over a mile and a quarter.

Peter Chapple-Hyam is also keeping his options open by doubly declaring the impressive Prix de Conde winner, Bienamado, plus his Newbury scorer Forest Shadow.

All the leading hopefuls for the Perpetual St Simon Stakes, called off when Newbury was abandoned on Saturday, appear among the entries for the rescheduled race.

The Group Three event has been transferred to Newmarket's card on Saturday, with only John Gorman's Dragon Triumph and Jim Old's Juyush of the nine left in the race last weekend not appearing among the revised field.

Cork-based bookmakers Cashmans quickly opened a book on the race. They bet: 5-2 Silver Rhapsody, High And Low, 6-1 Delilah, 10-1 Dark Moondancer, The Glow-Worm, Bristol Channel, 14-1 Grey Shot, Present Arms, 16-1 Largesse, 20-1 Prince Of Denial, Altaweelah.

Borgia, the top class filly unraced since her flop in the Dubai World Cup in March, made a pleasing comeback when second to Moteck in the £22,222 Prix de Flore (101/2f) at muddy SaintCloud yesterday.

Two of Godolphin's Breeders'Cup hopefuls, Swain (Classic) and Daylami (Turf), both cantered at Churchill Downs on Monday after coming out of a quarantine.

Godolphin's Faithful Son, favourite to win the Melbourne Cup next Tuesday, impressed in his last serious piece of work at Caulfield on Monday. Faithful Son, an eye-catching fourth in the Caulfield Cup, showed his wellbeing in a six-furlong drill with stable-mate Annus Mirabilis.

Annus Mirabilis may contest the MacKinnon Stakes, the last of the Melbourne Cup preps, at Flemington on Saturday.