WHILE the vast majority of the attention last weekend was on events in Paris, there were a few notable races and performances in Ireland and Britain.

Top billing went to the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket, a race run at a strong pace, but not quite overly strong pace, in which the winner Billesdon Brook finally returned to the level she had shown when winning the 1000 Guineas on this track 17 months earlier.

Her overall time was slightly underwhelming, but she gets a 120 figure with sectionals factored in, with the next three home on 115 (Veracious), 115 (Iridessa) and 112 (Lavender’s Blue).

The same Newmarket card saw promising juvenile wins in novice races for White Moonlight (precisely 2.0s slower than Billesdon Brook 35 minutes later), who earns a 100 figure, and Kinross, who streaked away to win by eight lengths in a time significantly quicker than achieved by the useful three-year-old Dutch Treat in the concluding handicap.

Kinross gets credited with a 107 basic figure, upped to 109 on the back of his late sectionals, and looks group calibre already.

Under The Stars did not have to be at her previous best to win the valuable auction race with an 83 time performance. Neither Morando’s nor Cape Byron’s Group 3 wins at Ascot were accompanied by a good overall time (74 and 99 respectively) but Dakota Gold’s listed victory at the same venue came in at a far healthier 116 timefigure. He had gone a bit too fast when second in a Group 3 the time before but should be able to win at that level.

Yulong Gold Fairy gets a tentative 107 figure for winning the Group 3 Coolmore Stud Home of Champions Concorde Stakes at Tipperary on Sunday (it was one of just three flat races on the card and the only one over seven and a half furlongs).

Listed wins were posted by Hereby at Ascot (112 time rating), Fort Myers at Dundalk (92), Di Fede at Ascot (92), Summer Sands at Redcar (96) and Main Edition at Redcar (93), with Summer Sands going a long way to confirming his much-improved third to Earthlight in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket the time before.

It should also be noted that Godolphin and Charlie Appleby had the one-two in the Group 3 Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud on the eve of the Arc Meeting, but not in the order the market or the Form Book expected. King’s Command finally lived up to his reputation by winning decisively from the Champagne Stakes runner-up Royal Crusade. My best estimate of their respective performances is that King’s Command ran to 108, which is what Royal Crusade (only 101 here) had managed previously. It looks solids rather than spectacular Group-3 form by juvenile standards.