All of Germany's best mile-and-a-half older horses will be on display at Dusseldorf on Sunday in the Group 1, $219,000 Deutschland-Preis, a race whose roll of honor includes Acatenango, Ibn Bey, and Platini, as well as subsequent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Marienbard.

As expected, Sea the Stars has been ruled out of the 1 1/2-mile King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 25. Worried about the short time between his victory in the 1 1/4-mile Eclipse Stakes on July 4 and the King George, trainer John Oxx announced on Tuesday that he will instead point his 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby winner to the 1 1/4-mile, 88-yard Juddmonte International Stakes at York on Aug. 18.

Sheikh Mohammed got the better of his Coolmore arch-rivals at Longchamp on Tuesday as Cavalryman defeated Age of Aquarius in the $835,000 Grand Prix de Paris. The victory gave trainer Andre Fabre his 10th victory in the Group 1 Bastille Day feature.

Beheshtam, as low as 10-1 for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, puts his tall reputation on the line at Longchamp on Tuesday in the Group 1, $836,000 Grand Prix de Paris in which he will face four horses saddled by Aidan O'Brien and two owned by Sheikh Mohammed.

It was a stroll in the park for Sariska at the Curragh on Sunday as the English Oaks winner doubled her classic pleasure with the easiest of victories in the $701,000 Irish Oaks. In a performance that recalled that of Montjeu in the 2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, and that of Millkom in the 1995 Man o' War Stakes, Sariska cruised to a three-length victory over longshot Roses for the Lady. Midday, a head runner-up in the English Oaks, was a well beaten third, 7 1/2 lengths behind the impressive winner.

Sariska and Midday, first and second in the English Oaks five weeks ago at Epsom, will renew their rivalry at the Curragh on Sunday in the $701,000 Irish Oaks. Sariska outlasted Midday by a head that day on good ground, but with the weather forecast calling for rain on race day, there is no telling how these two might fare this time around.

Fleeting Spirit, fourth in last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, gained a well-deserved first Group 1 win despite zig-zagging through the final furlong of the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Thursday - the fourth leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.

l? S?antle pulled off a narrow victory in a messy renewal of the Group 2 Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday.

The Godolphin-owned Schiaparelli was allowed an uncontested lead and was still in front when he hung a right across the course approaching the eighth pole and squeezed Alwaary against the rail. Doctor Fremantle took advantage to edge out Schiaparelli by a half-length, covering the 1 1/2 miles on good turf in 2:30.80.

Goldikova got back on track at Newmarket on Wednesday when she scored a professional half-length victory in the Group 1, $322,000 Falmouth Stakes. Returning from a dull seventh in the 1 1/8-mile, 55-yard Prix d'Ispahan, the Breeders' Cup Mile winner was much more comfortable over this straight mile. Settling nicely in second for Olivier Peslier, Goldikova, the 7-4 favorite, led at the quarter pole and held runner-up Heaven Sent safe, with Spacious another half-length back in third.

Alwaary can show his older rivals who's the boss in the Group 2, $162,000 Princess of Wales's Stakes on the Newmarket July Course on Thursday.

The lone 3-year-old in the 1 1/2-mile Group 2 contest, Alwaary, trained by John Gosden, won a 1 3/8-mile listed race at Goodwood last time.

This will be just the fifth outing for Alwaary, an improving son of the hot stallion Dynaformer, the sire of Sunday's German Derby winner, Wiener Walzer.