California Flag, the front-running winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, will bring his blazing speed show to Sha Tin for the $1.5 million Hong Kong Sprint on Dec. 13, when the Brian Koriner-trained California-bred will renew rivalry with the fast-closing Turf Sprint third, Cannonball.

Tizway touched down safely at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Monday and will begin preparations for his meeting with Summer Bird in the $2.3 Japan Cup Dirt at Hanshin on Dec. 6.

Tizway showed no ill effects after his 15-hour journey from New York and will be housed at the Japan Racing Association's Horseracing School Quarantine Stables at Shiroi until Dec. 3, when he will be transferred to Hanshin Racecourse near Osaka. At Shiroi, he joins Summer Bird, who arrived in Japan last Thursday.

Goldikova, two-time winner of the , will attempt to become the first horse in history to win three Breeders' Cup races next year as her owners, the Wertheimer brothers, announced Monday that she would remain in training at the age of 5.

Interpatation and Just as Well, two of the three American-trained horses who will be running in the $5.9 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Nov. 29, arrived in Japan at Narita International Airport near Tokyo in good order on Monday. After a 17-hour journey from New York with a stopover in Anchorage, the two horses were transported to the Japan Racing Association Horseracing School Quarantine Center in Shiroi, about 40 miles from Tokyo Racecourse.

Passion for Gold reveled in the heavy ground at Saint-Cloud on Saturday as he cruised to a six-length victory in the $374,000 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, the last Group 1 race of the year on the European calendar.

Passion for Gold reveled in the heavy ground at Saint-Cloud on Saturday as he cruised to a six-length victory in the $374,000 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, the last Group 1 race of the year on the European calendar.

Queen Spumante sprung a 76-1 surprise in the Grade 1, $1.9 million Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto on Sunday as she stole the 1 3/8-mile race under a superb front-running ride by Hiroyasu Tanaka. French challenger Shalanaya could only close for fourth, ultimately finishing 5 1/4 lengths behind the winner.

Collection signaled an apparent changing of the guard in Hong Kong on Sunday as he powered to a two-length victory in the Group 2, $387,000 International Cup Trial at Sha Tin. The 4-year-old Irish-bred son of Arc winner Peintre Celebre put last year's winner, Viva Pataca, firmly in his place as the seven-time Group 1 winner could only mange seventh, 3 1/2 lengths behind.

Shalanaya, winner of the Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp on Arc Day, attempts to become the first foreign-trained horse to win the $1.9 million, Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto on Sunday. The QEII is the first of four major international races on the Japanese calendar to be run during the next four Sundays, each of them carrying valuable bonuses that have attracted a record number of foreign entries.

The veteran Viva Pataca heads a field of 14 at Sha Tin on Sunday in the $387,000 International Cup Trial, the local Hong Kong Group 2 course-and-distance prep for the 1 1/4-mile Hong Kong Cup on Dec. 13.