Prix Ganay glory for Dariyan and Alain de Royer-Dupre

Dariyan found his way though the pack to gain Group One honours in the Prix Ganay at Saint-Cloud.

Christophe Soumillon had to sit and suffer until a gap appeared and when it did he had a willing partner in the four-year-old, trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre.

Dariyan squeezed his way through and then kept Silverwave at bay to prevail by a length and a quarter.

Garlingair was third while the two British raiders, The Corsican and Air Pilot, failed to figure in the finish and came home fifth and sixth respectively.

Royer-Dupre indicated afterwards that the Juddmonte International at York could be a long-term target for Dariyan.

Ervedya was sent off the odds-on favourite to give owner the Aga Khan a big-race double in the Prix du Muguet later on the card, but Jean-Claude Rouget's Royal Ascot winner had to settle for second place.

The Group Two contest went to Vadamos, a disappointment when well-fancied for last season's Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot, who ran out a convincing winner for trainer Andre Fabre by three and a half lengths in the hands of Pierre-Charles Boudot. Mr Owen was a length and a quarter back in third.

Dandy Nicholls' Sovereign Debt had every chance but slipped back into fifth place close home.