Even so, the French challenger Vorda looks the more solid citizen in the Cheveley Park Stakes, yielding only to the American colt No Nay Never in four starts.
Meanwhile, French challenger Whipper was slashed from 25-1 to 12-1 by Ladbrokes after Robert Collet's colt stormed home by eight lengths in the Prix Djebel at Maisons-Laffitte yesterday.
It had been a tough race already, as the French challenger First Gold set a strong pace on rain-softened ground.
The remaining each-way value lies with the French challenger, American Post, already a triple Group One winner but 9-1 with Chandler because he was slightly disappointing last time out.
Victory in Sunday's game would mean home advantage in the deciding play-off against a French challenger, probably Montpellier, but at Worcester not Kingsholm where a Madness concert is booked.
CNN was founded by Ted Turner, an American entrepreneur in Atlanta; a new French challenger to the cable television network, France 24, which is due to start broadcasting shortly, was invented by Mr Chirac and is financed with government money.The problems have been building up for some time.
Freddy Head's French challenger, ridden by Maxime Guyon, beat Arod by half a length, while Gabrial finished third.
Individual 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu pulled away from the French challenger in the last 150m, lapping in 49.60 seconds - the joint best split time in the event - to secure the bronze medal.
The only European-trained winner on Saturday's second day of the event, known as the thoroughbred world championships, was the French challenger Karakontie, who beat fellow French hope Anodin and the David Stormck-trained thede Storm in the Breeders' Cup Mile.
"And although I was delighted to see him come back to his best, I owe him so much in a way, I wish it hadn't been him I was beating". In advance, it had seemed the day would be about Cirrus Des Aigles, the French challenger who won in 2011 and gave Frankel a fright when runner-up two years ago.
