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.

Zarkava confirmed her high promise at Longchamp on Sunday, displaying a powerful turn-of-foot to make off with the $616,000 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, or French 1000 Guineas.

Off to her usual slow start, Zarkava rallied under Christophe Soumillon as the 1-5 choice to defeat Goldikova by two lengths while clocking a stakes record 1:35.20 for the mile on good ground.

Coolmore gave Godolphin Racing a sound thrashing in the Group 3, $117,000 Lingfield Derby Trial on Saturday as Aidan O'Brien saddled the first two finishers, Alessandro Volta and King of Rome, to beat the 6-5 Saeed bin Suroor-trained favorite, Campanologist, into third place.

The 1 7/16-mile race was altered by the withdrawal of Curtain Call, the early second favorite for next month's Epsom Derby. His trainer, Luca Cumani, deemed Lingfield's good-to-firm going too fast for his Sadler's Wells colt.

Horse of the Year and Dubai World Cup winner Curlin was the top name among 148 horses nominated to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Thursday.

Zarkava is the one to beat in the $616,000 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, or French 1000 Guineas, at Longchamp on Sunday. Unbeaten with two course and distance victories already under her belt, the Aga Khan's latest super filly needs only a clear run to win.