Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore collected two of the three Group 1 races staged at Saint-Cloud on Sunday.

Queenstown made all the running to land the Prix Royal-Oak over a trip just short of two miles, while the juvenile Drumbeat came from off the pace to claim the 10-furlong Criterium de Saint Cloud over 10 furlongs.

Queenstown, a six-year-old gelding by Galileo, came into the race just a a week after finishing a close second to Mount Atlas in the Group 1 Long Distance Cup at Ascot.

Taken straight into the lead by Moore at Saint-Cloud, Queenstown kicked clear in the straight but had to be driven out all the way to the line to hold off Sir Mark Prescott's filly Consent by a length.

Earlier on the card, Drumbeat continued his upward curve by defeating stable companion Shakespeare by two lengths. Another Ballydoyle runner, Victory Speech, made the early pace, chased by Shakespeare, while Moore kept Drumbeat towards the year along with the Joseph O'Brien-trained Jesus Green.

Shakespeare made a bold bid for glory in the final two furlongs but Drumbeat quickly reeled him in once he got a bit of daylight and stayed on strongly. Jesus Green also ran on well for third.

A colt by Wootton Bassett, Drumbeat had previously won the 10-furlong Group 3 Zetland Stakes at Newmarket by over five lengths.

“He showed a lot of quality and is a very straightforward horse,” Moore told Sky Sports Racing. “He had the pace to go and take the gap and he quickened up well.”

O'Brien added: "He is a lovely horse, handled the ground and got the trip well. He probably learned plenty today which was great so we couldn’t be happier. He is a lovely horse to think about for next year.”

Local winner

The Coolmore team were narrowly denied a third Group 1 winner on the card when Capability Brown finished a close second to the locally-trained Master Man in the one-mile Criterium International.

Winner of a Group 3 race at Leopardstown last weekend, Capability Brown (by Dubawi) was sent off favourite here and held every chance in the closing stages but could not get past Master Man, who was stepping up from a wide-margin win in an Arqana-sponsored sales race at ParisLongchamp on Arc weekend.

Trained by Richard Chotard and ridden by Anthony Crastus, Master Man is by Goken and cost just €25,000 as a yearling.

The winning rider said: “I was very confident with him today as he won very easily at Longchamp and, with the track very soft here, I knew he would like this type of ground. He is improving and will be an even better horse next year. I have been second in Prix du Jockey Club and the Grand Prix de Paris, but never won a Group 1 in France so I am very happy today.”