Trainer Aidan O'Brien has signaled his intention to run Dylan Thomas, winner of both the Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes, in the Breeders' Cup Classic by nominating him to Turfway Park's Kentucky Cup Classic.

But O'Brien warned on Thursday that he has yet to decide between the 1 1/8-mile Turfway Park Grade 2 event on Sept. 30 and Belmont Park's 1 1/4-mile, Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct. 7 as the Breeders' Cup Classic prep for Dylan Thomas, a 3-year-old son of Danehill.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has signaled his intention to run Dylan Thomas, winner of both the Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes, in the Breeders' Cup Classic by nominating him to Turfway Park's Kentucky Cup Classic.

But O'Brien warned on Thursday that he has yet to decide between the 1 1 /8-mile Turfway Park Grade 2 event on Sept. 30 and Belmont Park's 1 1/4-mile Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct. 7 as the Breeders' Cup Classic prep for Dylan Thomas, a 3-year-old son of Danehill.

Breeders' Cup Mile clues will abound at Ascot on Saturday, when George Washington attempts to get back on track against his Irish 2000 Guineas conqueror, Araafa, and three Group 1 winners owned by Sheikh Mohammed in the $472,000 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

A $2 million race on a Tuesday afternoon?

That was the case at the Curragh when Miss Beatrix defeated 28 juvenile rivals to take the seven-furlong Goffs Million, a race restricted to horses sold at last year's Goffs Million yearling sale.

A $2 million race on a Tuesday afternoon?

That was the case at the Curragh when Miss Beatrix defeated 28 juvenile rivals to take the seven-furlong Goffs Million, a race restricted to horses sold at last year's Goffs Million yearling sale.

A $2 million race on a Tuesday afternoon?

That was the case at the Curragh when Miss Beatrix defeated 28 juvenile rivals to take the seven-furlong Goffs Million, a race restricted to horses sold at last year?s Goffs Million yearling sale.

Teofilo gave 4-9 favorite Holy Roman Emperor a sound beating in the Group 1, $380,000 National Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday, in an effort so impressive that British bookmakers have installed him as the favorite for both the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby next spring.

A 2-year-old by Galileo, Teofilo followed pacesetter Slaney Time before taking over at the quarter pole and then easily holding off Holy Roman Emperor by 1 1/4 lengths. Ridden by Kevin Manning, Teofilo finished the seven furlongs on good to yielding ground in 1:26.49.

The early entries for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot included no fewer than five Breeders' Cup Mile hopefuls.

The entries, which were released Monday, were headed by a trio of Godolphin runners: Librettist, who won France's two Group 1 weight-for-age miles, the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp; Proclamation, who won last year's Sussex Stakes and finished a close second in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot; and Group 2 Celebration Mile winner Caradak. Librettist and Proclamation are Godolphin's Breeders' Cup Mile candidates.

Teofilo gave Holy Roman Emperor a sound beating in the $380,000 Group 1 National Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday in an effort so impressive that British bookmakers have installed him as the favorite for both the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby next spring.

Kastoria ran down the 2-7 favorite Yeats inside the final furlong of the 1 3/4-mile Irish St. Leger at the Curragh on Saturday and may have earned herself a trip to Woodbine for the Canadian International in the process.