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ISLAND TRIES FOR MORE FRENCH SUCCESS

Trans Island bids for his third French success in the Prix Messidor (1m) at Deauville on Saturday.

Trainer Ian Balding has booked Gerald Mosse to ride the five-year-old in the Group Three contest.

Trans Island won a Listed event as a juvenile at Deauville, but gained his biggest French success in the Prix du Rond-Point (Group Two) at Longchamp in October.

The five-year-old battled his way to a head victory over Duck Row in the Diomed Stakes at Epsom last month, and picks up a 4lb penalty for that success. Andre Fabre's Kingsalsa is similarly penalised for his Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Group Three) win.

Completing the nine strong line up are Chelsea Manor, Double Heart, Faberger, With The Flow, Cayoke and Touch Of The Blues.

John Dunlop's Dollar Bird, the Lingfield Oaks Trial second, is among the acceptors in the Group Three Prix Minerve at Deauville on Sunday.