Awzaan and Behkabad added their names to the list of promising European juveniles on Saturday, Awzaan taking the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury and Behkabad the Group 3 Prix des Chenes at Longchamp.

Doctor Fremantle nosed Look Here on the line to win the Group 3, $107,000 Arc Trial at Newbury on Friday, but neither of them is likely to line up for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Oct. 4.

Gitano Hernando took a first step on the road to the Breeders' Cup Marathon on Thursday night with a victory in a one-mile, 141-yard conditions race on the Wolverhampton Polytrack.

A son of Hernando owned by Team Valor and trained by Marco Botti, Gitano Hernando was sent off as the 3-1 second choice. He tracked the pace in third under Kieren Fallon and led approaching the eighth pole, going clear to defeat Mia's Boy by two lengths, with Khor Dubai third and the Group 1-placed Cesare fourth, beaten 6 1/4 lengths as the 2-1 favorite.

Radiohead returns to juvenile competition at Newbury on Saturday following a sharp third-place finish against older horses in the Group 2 Nunthorpe Stakes. The occasion will be a contentious renewal of the Group 2, $132,000 Mill Reef Stakes.

Breeders' Cup Marathon candidate Gitano Hernando could make his long-awaited return to the races Thursday night in a one-mile, 141-yard allowance race on the Polytrack course at Wolverhampton just north of Birmingham, England.

Controversy raged at Longchamp on Sunday when Andrew Lloyd-Webber's British invader Dar Re Mi was disqualified from first in the Prix Vermeille in favor of the French-bred, French-trained, and partially French-owned Stacelita.

Godolphin mastered the Group 1, $830,000 St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday as the 14-1 Mastery outdueled his favored 9-4 stablemate Kite Wood in the 1 3/4-mile, 132-yard classic.

Yeats was a grave disappointment Saturday at the Curragh as Alandi came late to win the Group 1, $399,000 Irish St. Leger, defeating longshot Clowance by a half-length with longtime leader Schiaparelli third.

Running for the first time since June 18 when he won his fourth consecutive Ascot Gold Cup, the 4-1 Yeats tracked Schiaparelli's pace but gave up the ghost a half-mile from home. The shorter distance of the Irish St. Leger at 1 3/4 miles and the soft ground were to his disadvantage as he weakened to finish last of eight, beaten an astonishing 60 lengths by the winner.

Sand Vixen dented Misheer's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf chances with a victory in the Group 2, $133,000 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster on Friday. A Dubawi filly sent off at 9-2, Sand Vixen provided the white-hot Godolphin outfit with yet another stakes victory as she set a course record for 2-year-olds, speeding the straight five furlongs in 58.10 seconds on good to firm ground, breaking Sing Sing's 50-year-old mark by .30 of a second and beating Bould Mover by a length.

Stacelita is the headline attraction Sunday when Longchamp conducts three course and distance preps for the 1 1/2-mile Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The undefeated filly will be a deserved short-price favorite in the Group 1, $437,000 Prix Vermeille, the big race trial for fillies and mares that was taken last year by subsequent Arc winner Zarkava.