Court has French option Holding Court, winner of the French Derby for Michael Jarvis last season, is among eight British acceptors in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris on Sunday.Sir Michael Stoute has three options of which to chose from, having left in Little Rock, Adilabad and St Leger runner-up Air Marshall at today`s first acceptance stage.Godolphin`s Ekraar and John Dunlop`s Water Jump complete the list of British-trained older horses, while Barry Hills has also left in his Derby fourth and sixth, Mr Combustible and Perfect Sunday, who both hold Irish Derby entries the same afternoon.Egyptband, the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe runner-up coming off a Group Two win, heads the 11 home-trained acceptors, with Hightori, third in the Prince of Wales`s Stakes at Royal Ascot, and Slew The Red, an impressive Group Three winner, the other eye-catching home contenders.
