The King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot is one of the options under consideration for Sosie, after providing Andre Fabre with a ninth victory in the Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.

A Group 1 winner in the Grand Prix de Paris last summer before following up in the Prix Niel, the Sea The Stars colt rounded off his three-year-old campaign with fourth in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

With Arc runner-up Aventure having made a triumphant return to action in the Prix Allez France, Sosie carried the same colours of Wertheimer and Frere for the first Group 1 of the European season and after initially being settled in midfield, he took over the lead with three of the 10 and a half furlongs to run.

Map Of Stars, who was the 6/5 favourite to complete a hat-trick following Group 3 and Group 2 wins this spring, was doing his best work at the end of the 10-furlong contest, but Sosie had enough in hand to hold on by a neck under Maxime Guyon.

Fabre told Sky Sports Racing: “I’m delighted because it was his first race of the year and the distance was a little bit short for him, but he had enough class to win it.

“I hope he can go for the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the King George, these type of races.

“He prefers good ground, he wouldn’t handle it too soft, but with age it changes as they get stronger.”

Guyon, completing a big-race double following his earlier success on Aventure, said: “The most important thing (for Sosie) is the ground. The ground is good today, he’s really massive and in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe the ground was a bit too soft for him.

“Today was really perfect. He’s really easy to ride, he has a good mentality and he can improve after this race for sure.

“Aventure is a little bit smaller and not as strong, but she has a really big heart and last year she ran amazing all the time and finished second in the Arc.

“She is a really good filly and like Sosie you can go in front or get cover, she’s perfect.”

Bred and owned by the Wertheimers, Sosie is a son of Sea The Stars out of a German-bred Shamardal mare.

Aventure is also by Sea The Stars, out of a mare by Singspiel.