Trainer Michael Channon complained bitterly after the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket three weeks ago that his fifth-place finisher, Nahoodh, would have won had she not been blocked at the sixteenth pole. On Sunday she will have her chance at redemption in the $631,000 Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Reginetta, winner of the Japanese 1000 Guineas, will attempt to add a second classic to her resume at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday when she takes on 17 rivals in the $2.2 million Yushun Himba, or Japanese Oaks. There are a number of circumstances against her, however, not least her ability to stay 1 1/2 miles.

A Guineas surprise at 42-1, Reginetta has never raced beyond a mile. Moreover, there are questions concerning her true ability. There were only two lengths separating the first nine home in the 1000 Guineas, suggesting a changing of the guard in the Oaks.

Henrythenavigator and New Approach renew their budding rivalry on Saturday at the Curragh, the scene of the $631,000 Irish 2000 Guineas, just three weeks after their classic battle in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Asian Winds scored a 12-1 upset in the $1.7 million Victoria Mile at Tokyo on Sunday, defeating the 11-10 choice, Vodka, by three-quarters of a length, speeding the distance in a quick 1:33.70.

Sageburg upset the odds-on Darjina in the Group 1, $386,000 Group 1 Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp on Sunday, catching her inside the final furlong to score the first group race victory of his career.

Creachadoir gave Godolphin its first European group-race victory of the year as he held on bravely to win the Group 1, $389,000 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

Vodka, still seeking her first victory since beating males in last year's Japanese Derby, will use Sunday's $1.7 million Victoria Mile at Tokyo as a possible springboard to Hollywood Park's CashCall Mile on July 5. Back home after a good fourth-place finish behind Jay Peg in the Dubai Duty Free, the Katsuhiko Sumii-trained filly will be out to end her six-race losing streak with Yutaka Take in the saddle.

oµ?? fresh from a close second-place finish behind Jay Peg in the Dubai Duty Free in March, returns to action at Longchamp on Sunday in the $386,000 Prix d'Ispahan, a Group 1 contest run at 1 1/8 miles, 55 yards.

Tartan Bearer caused a 10-1 surprise at York on Thursday, winning the Group 2, $291,000 Dante Stakes by a head from the 14-1 Frozen Fire, with the Epsom Derby favorite Twice Over a one-paced third, 2 1/2 lengths behind the runner-up.

Epsom Derby favorite Twice Over is slated to have his final prep Thursday for the 1 1/2-mile classic in the Group 2 Dante Stakes at York, a 1 1/4-mile, 88-yard contest worth $293,000.

But trainer Henry Cecil has warned that if there isn't some ease in the ground, which on Tuesday was listed as good to firm, he might keep Twice Over on the sidelines.