Six new contenders for the Epsom Derby have been entered at the race's second entry stage, it was announced yesterday.

The sextet - Adair, Bienamado, Chatting, Killer Instinct, Montjeu and Val Royal - were entered at a cost of £8,000. This brings the total number of entries for the race to 149.

Adair was bought privately in America by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation, having won his only outing in impressive style.

Prince Ahmed Salman's operation, The Thoroughbred Corporation, owns both the Henry Cecil-trained Killer Instinct and Sir Michael Stoute's Chatting.

The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained Bienamado, second to Spadoun in the Group One Criterium de Saint Cloud, will have his prep race for Epsom in either the Dante Stakes at York or the Prix Lupin at Longchamp. Montjeu and Val Royal are two unbeaten colts from France.