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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Eighty-four Thoroughbreds made the list of final declarations released Monday for Saturday's six stakes on the Dubai World Cup program here, but two names on the list stand out.

While current and future standouts populate the six World Cup races, the night's most anticipated matchup comes in the $6 million World Cup itself, where Discreet Cat, who never has lost a race in six starts, takes on Invasor, who has lost only one of 11.

The 2007 European racing season started on a controversial note before a race had been run when John Magnier announced the retirement of Ballydoyle's leading 3-year-old Holy Roman Emperor. The stunning move was made to accommodate breeders who had signed mares to mate with Coolmore Stud's George Washington, who is suffering from fertility problems.

All 14 horses representing the United States at Nad Al Sheba on Dubai World Cup Night, March 31, should be on their way to the Middle East. A contingent of eight, led by the World Cup favorite, Invasor, was scheduled to leave Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Tuesday evening, while six others, headed by Dubai Duty Free hopeful Lava Man, were to take off from Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.

Three new races for 2-year-olds sponsored by Tattersalls with a total value of 2.2 million pounds ($4.25 million) will be run at Newmarket beginning in 2008 and 2009. Graduates of the 2007 Tattersalls October yearling sale (Book One) will be eligible for the races, which will be known as the Tattersalls Millions.

Floral Pegasus takes dead aim at the Hong Kong Triple Crown at Sha Tin on Sunday when he will go off as a strong favorite in the $2omillion Hong Kong Derby.

Victory for Floral Pegasus, an Australian-bred 4-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus, in the 1 1/4-mile Group 1 event would make him the first Triple Crown winner in Hong Kong racing history.

Trained by Tony Cruz and to be ridden by Gerald Mosse, Floral Pegasus has already landed the Hong Kong Classic Mile and the Hong Kong Derby Trial. His job Sunday was made all the easier when he drew post 2 in the 14-runner field.

Kauto Star completed his undefeated championship season on Friday with a decisive victory in the world's premier steeplechase, the 3 5/16-mile $823,000 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

But his trainer, Paul Nicholls, and owner, Clive Smith, suffered through an anxious moment when Kauto Star blundered when well clear at the last fence, a repeat of the same mistake he had made in winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Dec. 26.

Kauto Star is clearly the horse to beat in the 3 5/16-mile $798,000 Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Friday. The 7-year-old gelding has won all five of his starts this season, among them victories over prime Gold Cup rivals Exotic Dancer, Beef or Salmon, and L’Ami.

Kauto Star also holds a seven-length decision in Sandown’s Tingle Creek Chase on Dec. 2 over Voy Por Ustedes, the winner of Wednesday’s Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Trained by Paul Nicholls, Kauto Star goes on any sort of ground and will have regular rider Ruby Walsh in the saddle.

Sublimity, a French-bred 7-year-old horse by Selkirk, won the $684,000 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday, beating two former winners of the race.

In a move that is sending shockwaves throughout the international racing and breeding communities, Coolmore Stud has retired its leading classic hope Holy Roman Emperor as a replacement for the possibly infertile George Washington, the champion European juvenile in 2005 and co-champion European 3-year-old in 2006.