Whobegotyou can put his 4-for-4 record at Moonee Valley to good advantage on Saturday in the $2.75 million Cox Plate, a 1 1/4-mile, 44-yard, Group 1 stakes that serves as the last major prep for the two-mile Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3.

Trained by Mark Kavanagh, Whobegotyou is coming off a victory in the 1 1/4-mile, Group 1 Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield on Oct. 10, when he beat his Cox Plate rival Heart of Dreams by three-quarters of a length. Vision and Power, who was third that day, also tries Whobegotyou again.

The Emirates Racing Authority announced its Dubai International Racing Carnival schedule for 2010 on Tuesday. The 17-race, $4.1 million program, which will be run at the glittering new facility at Meydan, will kick off as usual with Round 1 of the Maktoum Challenge. The one-mile, Group 3 race, worth $200,000, will be the opening night feature at Meydan and will be run on the track's new synthetic Tapeta surface.

Viewed prepared for a defense of his Melbourne Cup title at Caulfield on Saturday with an impressive 2 1/4-length score in the Group 1, $2.3 million Caulfield Cup Handicap. The victory by the Bart Cummings-trained 6-year-old was Viewed's first since his Melbourne Cup triumph last Nov. 4.

Upsets were the order of the day at Newmarket on Saturday as the 14-1 Twice Over landed the $572,000 Champion Stakes while Beethoven is in line for a trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile after his 33-1 shocker in the $490,000 Dewhurst Stakes.

Buena Vista goes after the Japanese fillies triple crown at Kyoto on Sunday when she takes on 17 rivals in the Grade 1, $1.9 million Shuka Sho, a 1 1/4-mile contest for 3-year-old distaffers.

Fame and Glory, his reputation somewhat tarnished after a sixth-place finish in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe two weeks ago, will cut back to 1 1/4 miles for the Group 1, $359,000 Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday, when he will go off as the likely 5-4 favorite.

Sea the Stars, acclaimed as the best horse in Europe this year, has been retired, a decision that removes the possibility of him running in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting on Nov. 7.

Sea the Stars won six Group 1 races, most recently the Arc de Triomphe earlier this month in Paris. He won 8 of 9 starts, all on turf. Had he come to the United States for the BC Classic, he would have been making his first start on a synthetic surface.

PARIS - Sea the Stars electrified Longchamp Racecourse on Sunday with his two-length victory in the $5.8 million Prix d l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, and now the question is: Will he come to the United States and run in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita?

Since Sea the Stars won the Juddmonte International in August, trainer John Oxx has been mentioning the Breeders' Cup Classic as a season-ending possibility for the 3-year-old son of Cape Cross and 1993 Arc winner Urban Sea. Christopher Tsui, whose family bred and owns the horse, did not quash those hopes after the race Sunday.

PARIS - Sunday's Arc undercard at Longchamp provided a cornucopia of Group 1 winners for the Aga Khan. Fresh from a pair of Group 2 triumphs on Saturday, the titular head of 10 million Ishmaeli Muslims won four of the most important races on the French calendar on Sunday, including a win by Shalanaya in the $370,000 Prix de l'Opera.

PARIS - He came. He saw. He conquered.

Sea the Stars electrified Longchamp Racecourse on Sunday with an imperious display in the $5.8 million Prix d l'Arc de Triomphe.

In a performance that will be talked about as long as people argue over horses, Sea the Stars entered his name among the all-time greats with a two-length victory in Europe's championship race.