The road to the French classics began in earnest at Saint-Cloud on Thursday when No Risk At All put an end to Behkabad's perfect record in the listed, $74,300 Prix Omnium II. The heavy ground was not a hindrance to No Risk At All, a son of My Risk trained by Jean-Paul Gallorini. He landed at odds of 11.40-1, defeating the 7.30-1 second choice Tip Toe by two lengths, traveling the mile in 1:47.80.

Yutaka Take, Japan's champion rider in 19 of the last 21 years, sustained a broken shoulder in a spill at Hanshin on Saturday and is expected to be out of action for at least a month.

The accident occurred when Take's mount in the Grade 3 Mainichi Hai, The Taiki, fell in the stretch. Danon Chantilly went on to win the 1 1/8-mile prep for the Oka Sho, or Japanese 2000 Guineas, by 1o1/4 lengths from Mikki Dream.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Age, experience on two continents, and a crafty ride by jockey Christophe Soumillion gave Musir an expected victory in the $2 million United Arab Emirates Derby.

Musir, an Australian-bred 4-year-old, closed from last in a field of 14 to win by 1 3/4 lengths over the 4-year-old filly Raihana. Musir ran about 1 3/16 miles, or 1,900 meters, in track record time of 1:57.44. Saturday's program was the 10th day of racing at Meydan, which opened in late January. Musir paid $5.40 in the U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Stefan Friborg joked last week that when he got involved in racing a few years ago, his enthusiasm was such that he found it easier to buy four horses at a time instead of one. Not long after that habit developed, the Swedish-born, Brazil-based oil executive found himself with a stable of more than 100 horses.

Saturday at Meydan, Friborg was happy with a more singular result, the nose that separated his Gloria de Campeao from Lizard's Desire at the finish of the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest race.

Owner David Reynolds was found guilty on Monday by the disciplinary stewards of the British Horseracing Authority of hitting jockey Kieren Fallon and owner Paul Crate at Lingfield Park on March 20. The owner of The Scorching Wind, a horse who was inadvertently impeded by Fallon's mount Elna Bright in a handicap that day, Reynolds was fined approximately $14,800 and ruled off for three months.

The red-hot Tommy Stack saddled Noll Wallop to win the Group 3, $66,000 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial on Sunday. The 7-2 son of High Chaparral rallied from fourth under William Lordan to defeat the 7-1 Viscount Nelson, who was squeezed back entering the stretch.

Noll Wallop won by 3 1/2 lengths, getting the mile on soft ground in 1:47.15. Last fall's Group 3 Killavullan Stakes winner, Free Judgement, the 2-1 favorite, weakened to finish sixth of eight, 8 3/4 lengths behind the winner.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Don't mess with American sprinters, especially in Dubai.

Kinsale King, who battled foot problems last summer, became the ninth American based horse since 2000 to win the $2 million Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday.

Kinsale King was the only American-trained runner in the field of 10, and gave owner Patrick Sheehy and trainer Carl O'Callaghan their most lucrative career wins.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When Gloria de Campeao and Lizard's Desire hit the wire together in Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse, it looked like pacesetter Gloria de Campeao had suffered the toughest of beats.

Lizard's Desire's jockey Kevin Shea thrust his right hand in the air in celebration, thinking he had caught Gloria de Campeao in the last stride.

Shea got it wrong. Glorida de Campeao had held on to win the world's richest race by a nose, paying $52.40 in United States betting pools.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Al Shemali was considered good enough as a 3-year-old in 2007 to start in races such as the English 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby. The idea was correct, the year was wrong.

Al Shemali could not win at that level, back then. It was not until Saturday's $5 million Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Meydan Racecourse that Al Shemali scored the definitive win of his career. Few saw it coming.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After training Dar Re Mi in Britain all winter, trainer John Gosden was anxious to get his star turf mare to Dubai. Jockey William Buick also could not wait for World Cup Day to arrive.

Buick was announced as Gosden's first-call rider in January. In his first major ride for his new base, Buick, 20, rode Dar Re Mi to a stylish win in the $5 million Sheema Classic at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday.