THE French kept both Group 3 races at home last Tuesday at Maisons-Laffitte where Dame Du Roi landed the Prix Miesque before The Right Man swooped late to capture the Prix de Seine-et-Oise. They both passed the post with something in hand and justified their position as favourites.

Trained by Freddy Head and ridden by Aurelien Lemaitre, Dame Du Roi responded well to the urgings of her jockey inside the final furlong where the daughter of Dark Angel took command before winning by an easy length from Kambura and Thais.