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DISCOURSE and Lyric Of Light, Godolphin's two leading fancies for the Qipco 1,000 Guineas, are set to head straight to Newmarket on May 6 without a prep run.

Lyric Of Light, who is as short as 8-1 for the Classic, won all three of her starts for trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni last year, progressing from winning a maiden over 7f to taking the Group 1 Shadwell Fillies' Mile at Newmarket.

Discourse, also trained byAl Zarooni and trading at a similar price for the Guineas, remains unbeaten as well after scoring on her debut in a Newmarket maiden and then winning the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes impressively at the same course last August.

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MONTJEU, the outstanding middle distance racehorse who as a sire produced three Derby winners, has died aged 16 after a short illness, Coolmore Stud announced on Thursday.

Coolmore said the stallion, whose offspring include Epsom heroes Motivator (2005), Authorized (2007) and Pour Moi (2011), had suffered complications from an overwhelming septicaemia.

A statement from Coolmore on Thursday read: "Montjeu, the highest-rated racehorse ever by the great Sadler’s Wells, has died this morning at Coolmore Stud after a short illness, which was due to complications from an overwhelming septicaemia.

"The sire of three Epsom Derby winners including last year's brilliant winner Pour Moi, as well as Camelot, the favourite for this year’s edition, Montjeu was one of the best stallions in the world and in 2011 he sired 15 individual Group/Graded winners in the northern hemisphere, which was the equal of Galileo.

Very sad to hear this news about one of the worlds leading sires.