Yeats confirmed yet again that he is the best stayer in the world with a thoroughly overpowering seven-length triumph in the $198,000 Goodwood Cup on Thursday. Indeed, in duplicating his 2006 victory in this two-mile Group 2 contest hard on the heels of his third consecutive 2 1/2-mile Ascot Gold Cup win, Yeats must be ranked as one of the very best stayers of all time.

Henrythenavigator will be aimed at the Breeders' Cup Classic after having won his fourth straight Group 1 mile on turf at Goodwood on Wednesday when he held on gamely for a narrow victory in the $594,000 Sussex Stakes. While owner John Magnier has not ruled out additional tries at a mile this year, he said that the Classic, and a first try on a synthetic surface, would be Henrythenavigator's ultimate goal this season.

On Tuesday, opening day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting, Conduit presented his St. Leger credentials for trainer Michael Stoute when he scored a head victory over Donegal in the Group 3 Gordon Stakes. Second last time in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes, Conduit, a son of Dalakhani, covered the 1 1/2 miles in 2:37.14 on good ground. In the seven-furlong Group 2 Lennox Stakes, the 7-1 Paco Boy defeated the 14-1 Stimulation by a neck as the 5-4 choice Infallible was only fifth.

Yeats, three-time winner of the Ascot Gold Cup, returns to action at Goodwood on Thursday in a renewal of the $199,000 Goodwood Cup that features the last three winners of the two-mile Group 2 contest.

Henrythenavigator is in line to give Aidan O'Brien yet another Group 1 victory at Goodwood on Wednesday when he takes on six rivals in the $597,000 Sussex Stakes, the first of four weight-for-age miles between now and Sept. 27 that will determine Europe's champion miler.

A dual 2000 Guineas winner, Henrythenavigator has already beaten his most serious challenger, Raven's Pass, in both the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and Royal Ascot's St. James's Palace Stakes. A Kentucky-bred son of Kingmambo, he should be perfectly suited to Goodwood's single-turn, right-handed mile.

There's just no stopping Aidan O'Brien. A day after Duke of Marmalade landed the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Mastercraftsman gave the master of Ballydoyle his 15th Group 1 triumph of the year at the Curragh with an overpowering 4 1/2-length victory in the $470,000 Phoenix Stakes.

Any doubts about Duke of Marmalade's ability to stay 1 1/2 miles were laid firmly to rest at Ascot on Saturday as he battled back under extreme pressure to win the $1.7 million King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

The Tapeta synthetic racing surface developed by former trainer Michael Dickinson has been chosen to serve as the training track at the new Meydan racing complex under construction in Dubai, the Dubai Racing Club announced on Friday.

The four highest-rated juveniles in Europe will square off at the Curragh on Sunday in a white-hot renewal of the $470,000 Phoenix Stakes, the first Group 1 race of the year for 2-year-olds in the Northern Hemisphere.

Art Connoisseur had jaws dropping at Royal Ascot when he came from first to last to win the 18-runner Group 2 Coventry Stakes by

2 1/4 lengths at the same six-furlong distance as the Phoenix. Now 3 for 3, he is a Michael Bell-trained son of the Kris S. stallion Lucky Story and will be ridden by Jamie Spencer.

Lord Admiral did his Arlington Million prospects little good at Leopardstown on Thursday evening, when he finished two lengths second to King of Rome in the Group 3, $109,000 Meld Stakes. The 3-year-old winner, only sixth in the German Derby on July 6, covered the 1 1/4 miles on good to firm ground in 2:04.05 as the 6-5 favorite, capping a big day for his trainer, Aidan O'Brien, who had earlier showed off a sharp looking 2-year-old.