The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, already smarting from the loss of the now-retired Manduro, lost two of its leading female candidates Tuesday with the announcements that neither Peeping Fawn nor West Wind would run again this year.

Shuttle stallions quarantined in Australia's Eastern Creek facility near Sydney have been released after an extended stay of nearly two months, but the country's first-ever equine influenza outbreak, which began in their ranks, continued to disrupt the Australian Thoroughbred industry.

The trial of Kieren Fallon and five accused associates on race fixing-charges began at the Old Bailey courthouse in London on Monday as lawyers presented their opening arguments in a case that is expected to last until January.

Six times the champion jockey in Britain, the 42-year-old Fallon was present at the first-day proceedings. He has been charged with conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers in a series of races between December 2002 and September 2004.

Literato continued his winning ways at Longchamp on Saturday with a comfortable weight-giving victory in the Group 3, $112,000 Prix du Prince d'Orange.

Handily placed in fifth place early by jockey Christophe Lemaire, Literato cruised to the lead at the three-sixteenths pole, crossing the line three-quarters of a length in front of Indian Choice as the 1-2 favorite. It was another neck back to Anabaa's Creation, with All Is Vanity fourth.

The Group 3 Prix du Prince d'Orange is not a race normally associated with the best French 3-year-olds, but in Literato, this Saturday's renewal at Longchamp will feature a horse who could yet make an impact at the international level this fall.

In a bid to salvage Australia's Thoroughbred breeding season, the government of New South Wales will allow restricted movement of mares in areas affected by the nation's first-ever outbreak of highly contagious equine influenza.

That news came amid reports that representatives from Darley and Coolmore's Australian operations had met with government officials to ask for the release of shuttle stallions that the disease has kept in quarantine since late August.

New Approach won the most definitive juvenile race of the European season to date on Sunday, leading throughout for a most convincing score in the Group 1, $416,000 National Stakes at the Curragh.

Now undefeated after four starts, New Approach and his jockey, Kevin Manning, held sway over the Vintage Stakes winner, Rio de la Plata, by 1 3/4 lengths with the Prix Morny winner, Myboycharlie, the same margin away in third. Sent off as the 9-4 choice, New Approach covered the seven furlongs in a swift 1:23.50.

The high hopes raised by Manduro's victory in the Prix Foy at Longchamp on Sunday were quickly turned to dust when he returned to the winner's circle lame, nursing a small fracture to his right hind leg that has forced his retirement.

Lucarno delivered the goods for George Strawbridge, giving the Pennsylvania-based owner his first taste of British classic glory, with a gutsy win in the $1 million St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday.

Many of the questions concerning this year's European pecking order should be answered on Sunday when five of the first eight favorites for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe will be in action at Longchamp in three course-and-distance preps for the big 1 1/2-mile race on Oct. 7.