FRENCH supremos Patrick Biancone and Gerald Mosse top their respective championship tables and should garner another winner in the final event at Happy Valley tonight where topweight Diamond Forever bids for a second successive victory.
There are 10 runners involved in this Class Two, 1,650-metre event but it is difficult to imagine a weaker race for this grade with a number looking not ready or patently out of form.
That certainly cannot be said for Diamond Forever who ran a cracking race last time over 1,400 metres on the equitrack surface to win by a head from Purple Gold.
Diamond Forever actually claimed the David Hill-trained runner-up very close home and, as he has shown in the past, will appreciate the step up in distance here.
Diamond Forever looks a typical Irish import who has taken some time to blossom but he has clearly held his form and there is every reason to believe he can come off best in this mediocre struggle.
Diamond Forever won course and distance late last season in Class Three but merely confirmed the fairly widely held belief that he was a galloper of some potential who required time.
He started over the Valley mile early this season and did look in need of the run when finishing just over two lengths off smart winner Entrepreneur in fourth place.