Fame and Glory covered himself in glory at Epsom on Friday with a tough-as-nails victory in the Group 1, $328,000 Coronation Cup, an hour before supplementary entry Snow Fairy landed the spoils in the $511,000 English Oaks.

Rewilding can give Godolphin its first Epsom Derby title Saturday, when he takes on 11 rivals in the $2.1 million, 1 1/2-mile classic.

Fame and Glory seeks more of both at Epsom on Friday, when he could be as low as even money against four other Group 1 winners in the Group 1, $329,000 Coronation Cup, a 1 1/2-mile race for older horses that shares the bill with the classic English Oaks.

A Montjeu 4-year-old, Fame and Glory looked better than ever when winning the

St Nicholas Abbey, the longtime winter book favorite for Saturday's Epsom Derby, has been withdrawn from the mile-and-a-half classic after being diagnosed with a muscle injury on Tuesday morning. The Montjeu colt returned to his stall stiff at trainer Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle yard on Monday evening. A scan revealed that he had injured a muscle high in his hind quarter.

Aidan O'Brien has six of the 15 horses left in the 231st running of Saturday's Epsom Derby at Monday's five-day entry stage. That one of them, Jan Vermeer, would go off the favorite is a certainty, but only if he runs in the race. O'Brien has stated that Jan Vermeer could run in the Prix du Jockey-Club, or French Derby, on Sunday instead. As a result, Ballydoyle's No. 1 rider, Johnny Murtagh, has not yet made up his mind whether his Epsom ride will be Jan Vermeer or his stablemate St Nicholas Abbey, who has been deposed as the Derby favorite.

Eishin Flash rallied to win the $3.7 million Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo on Sunday, paying off his backers in the crowd of 125,746 to the tune of 30.90-1 despite having finished a close third last time in the Japanese 2000 Guineas.

Victoire Pisa goes after a second Japanese classic at Tokyo on Sunday when he tackles 17 rivals in the 1 1/2-mile, Grade 1 Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, which at $3.7 million rates as the richest derby in the world.

Stotsfold is heading for the Arlington Million for the second year in succession. Third in last year's race to dual Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti, the 7-year-old Walter Swinburn-trained gelding returned to form at Sandown Park on Thursday evening with a come-from-behind neck victory in the Group 3, $93,000 Brigadier Gerard Stakes. Ridden by Adam Kirby, he rallied late at 8-1 to defeat the pacesetting Tazeez, getting the 1 1/4 miles on good to firm ground in 2:05.73. It was another 1 3/4 lengths back to the 13-8 favorite Glass Harmonium.

The United States isn't the only place in the world where the racing industry is suffering the effects of the economic downturn. New Zealand, Italy, and Germany are all experiencing severe problems that have required at least the temporary shutdown of some of their major racecourses.

Daryakana suffered the first defeat of her career Monday at Saint-Cloud when Plumania beat her into third place in the Group 2, $160,000 Prix Corrida. The Andre Fabre-trained winner rallied from fourth to lead at the sixteenth pole for a 1 1/2-length victory over Celimene as Daryakana just missed catching the runner-up by a short head. The time for the 1 5/16 miles on good ground was 2:13.60.

It was Daryakana's first race since she won the Hong Kong Vase on Dec. 13. She was running at a distance 1 1/2 furlongs short of her best, and was spotting her five