Fabre has King George crown in sight with Sosie

The King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot is one of the options under consideration for Sosie, after providing with a ninth victory in the Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp.

A Group One winner in the Grand Prix de Paris last summer before following up in the Prix Niel, the Sea The Stars colt rounded off his three-year-old campaign with fourth in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

With Arc runner-up Aventure having made a triumphant return to action in the Prix Allez France, carried the same colours of Wertheimer and Frere for the first Group One of the European season and after initially being settled in midfield, he took over the lead with three of the 10 and a half furlongs to run.

Map Of Stars, who was the 6-5 favourite to complete a hat-trick following Group Three and Group Two wins this spring, was doing his best work at the end of the 10-furlong contest, but Sosie had enough in hand to hold on by a neck under Maxime Guyon.

Fabre told Sky Sports Racing: “I’m delighted because it was his first race of the year and the distance was a little bit short for him, but he had enough class to win it.

“I hope he can go for the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the King George, these type of races.

“He prefers good ground, he wouldn’t handle it too soft, but with age it changes as they get stronger.”

Paddy Power cut Sosie to 16-1 from 20-1 to win the Arc at the second attempt, a race Fabre has won on a record eight occasions.

Guyon, completing a big-race double following his earlier success on Aventure, said: “The most important thing (for Sosie) is the ground. The ground is good today, he’s really massive and in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe the ground was a bit too soft for him.

“Today was really perfect. He’s really easy to ride, he has a good mentality and he can improve after this race for sure.

“Aventure is a little bit smaller and not as strong, but she has a really big heart and last year she ran amazing all the time and finished second in the Arc.

“She is a really good filly and like Sosie you can go in front or get cover, she’s perfect.”