SPINNING WORLD, the Irish 2,000 Guineas hero, upheld classic form by scoring a good win in the Group One Prix du Haras Fresnay Le Buffard Jacques Le Marois at Deauville yesterday.

But it proved a disappointing day for Mick Kinane with his big race mount, the much fancied Sensation, tailed off. He had earlier finished unplaced on Simon Dow's Wakeel in the Handicap de Normandie.

Spinning World, but a pale shadow of himself at Royal Ascot in June, bounced back in no uncertain style, having initially been held up in fifth place behind Gothenberg.

Cash Asmussen unleashed Spinning World to take the lead 150 yards out, and the Jonathan Pease runner wasn't hard pressed to hold the strong finish of Vetheuil by half a length.

Shaanxi, last year's third, again filled the same position three quarters of a length further back, with Godolphin's Charnwood Forest, which held every chance under Frankie Dettori, a similar margin away in fourth.

Mark Johnston's Gothenberg (Jason Weaver) cut out the donkey work but faded at the business end to finish seventh of nine.

Spinning World carries the colours of the race sponsors, the Niarchos family, and the colt continued their tremendous affinity with this race by giving them a sixth success in the top mile event since 1987.

Spinning World will be out to notch his third Group One success in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on September 8th.

Geoff Wragg's improving Sasuru (Michael Hills), an 83 to 10 shot, showed commendable courage, to get up to pip Android by a nose in a thrilling finish to the Group Two Prix Guillaume d'Ornano.

Dettori, fourth on Charnwood Forest (found the ground a bit slow according to his pilot) had to settle for an identical placing on another Godolphin runner, Wall Street, who ran well.