IT was certainly a good week for French-bred horses.

Their 12 winners comprised eight who were successful at Grade 1 level, Grade B winner Dinoblue (Doctor Dino), the unbeaten Grade 3 bumper winner Junta Marvel (Masked Marvel), Predator’s Gold (Masked Marvel) who won the valuable Goffs Defender Bumper on his debut, and the lightly-raced 10-year-old Aione (Coastal Path), winner of the Colm Quinn BMW Chase.