Breeders' Cup clues will abound Saturday at Ascot when the historic track in Berkshire, England, plays host to three Breeders' Cup Challenge Win and You're In races, all at a mile, the most important of them the $410,000 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Berths in the Breeders' Cup await the winners of a pair of juvenile miles at Ascot on Saturday as part of the Cup's Win and You're In program. The winner of the Group 1, $328,000 Fillies Mile will reserve herself a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, while the Group 2, $205,000 Royal Lodge Stakes winner gains entry to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge Win and You're In program travels to Australia on Friday night when the winner of the Group 1, $436,750 Mankato Stakes at Moonee Valley will receive a guaranteed place in the $1 million BC Turf Sprint.

Rip Van Winkle and Mastercraftsman head a field of 11 milers in the five-day entries for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. A Group 1 mile, the QEII is one of three races to be run there on the day at that distance as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Win And You're In program.

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.