Conduit, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf, has been confirmed for the $5.9 million Japan Cup at Tokyo on Nov. 29. Recently purchased by Shigeyuki Okada, for whom he will stand at stud next year at Japan's Big Red Farm, Conduit continues to be trained by Michael Stoute.

Conduit returned to his Newmarket, England, base from Santa Anita on Tuesday and will be shipped right out again for Tokyo next Wednesday. He will be joined in the 1 1/2-mile turf contest by another British horse, Scintillo, winner of the Grand Prix de Chantilly.

The $375,000 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, France's annual Group 1 exercise in which 2-year-olds are asked to go 1 1/4 miles on heavy ground, is a wide-open affair this year. Trainer Aidan O'Brien will send three horses to the suburban Paris track on Saturday in an effort to retain the prize he won last year with Fame and Glory, but a couple of locally trained juveniles could upset his plans.

The United States will be represented by no fewer than five horses in Japan's two big international races this autumn. Connections of Interpatation, Just as Well, and Marsh Side have accepted invitations to the $5.9 million Japan Cup at Tokyo on Nov. 29, while Tizway will join the already-announced Summer Bird in the $2.9 million Japan Cup Dirt at Hanshin on Dec. 6.

Shocking kept the foreign raiders at bay with a three-quarters of a length triumph over Crime Scene in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia on Tuesday. Mourilyan came from almost last in the final quarter-mile to claim third, 1 1/2 lengths farther back.

The Aga Khan's exciting juvenile filly Rosanara will take on males at Saint-Cloud on Sunday when she runs in the Group 1, $370,000, Criterium International. A daughter of Sinndar, Rosanara was one of four Group 1 winners for the Aga Khan on Arc Day when she breezed to a two-length victory in the Prix Marcel Boussac over the same one-mile distance as the International.

Japan's reigning Horse of the Year, Vodka, faces a tough task at Tokyo on Sunday in a highly competitive renewal of the $2.8 million, Grade 1 Autumn Tenno Sho, which at 1 1/4 miles is the key local trial for the 1 1/2-mile Japan Cup on Nov. 29.

Three Rolls jumped up from the allowance ranks to score a classic victory at Kyoto on Sunday as he outgamed Forgettable to win the $3.1 million Kikuka Sho, or Japansese St. Leger, by a nose. The biggest winner of all, however, was the sire of the first two across the line, Dance in the Dark, the Sunday Silence stallion who won the Kikuka Sho in 1996.

Break Run Out will be looking for a breakout performance in the $3.1 Million Kikuka Sho, or Japanese St. Leger, a Grade 1 classic to be run at 1 7/8 miles at Kyoto on Sunday.

Bart Cummings, Australia's 82-year-old training legend, did it again on Saturday when he saddled So You Think to a 14-1 upset victory in the $2.75 million, Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Ridden by Greg Boss, the 3-year-old son of two-time Breeders' Cup Turf winner High Chaparral burst out of the gate on top and never looked back, defeating the 19-1 Manhattan Rain by 2 1/2 lengths.

St Nicholas Abbey more than lived up to his advance billing at Doncaster on Saturday when he came from last-to-first on the bridle to win the $332,000 Racing Post Trophy. Johnny Murtagh never raised his whip as the Montjeu colt stormed clear for a 3 3/4-length victory in the Group 1 mile for 2-year-olds.