Corine Barande-Barbe is relishing the prospect of seeing Cirrus Des Aigles lock horns with Olympic Glory in what promises to be an enthralling Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp on Sunday.

Although his eighth birthday is only a fortnight away, Cirrus Des Aigles proved his powers remain as potent at ever when he inflicted the first defeat on Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Treve in last month's Prix Ganay in Paris.

He comes back in distance to nine furlongs (1800m) in this weekend's French feature, but Barande-Barbe is confident he will put it up to the Richard Hannon-trained Olympic Glory, who turns out just eight days after his Lockinge triumph at Newbury.

"We decided to run him in this as he is so well and fresh, he's better off running than galloping at home," Barande-Barbe said.

"It has been raining regularly through the week so even though this trip is a little short of his best, it puts a little more emphasis on his stamina.

"I heard that Olympic Glory was coming earlier in the week, but that has no effect on us. He only ran last week.

"We beat Treve, who everyone said was the best horse in Europe, so we are not going to be afraid of any horse."

Cirrus Des Aigles and Olympic Glory are the two star names in a six-strong field, with Peter Schiergen's German raider Neatico, Freddy Head's Anodin, the John Hammond-trained Pollyana and Alex Pantall's Matorio completing the line-up.