Rumplestiltskin will try to give Aidan O'Brien and Kieren Fallon their second successive 1000 Guineas title at Newmarket on Sunday, when 10 of the 13 fillies in the $607,000 classic mile will be making their first 3-year-old start. On the same card, Breeders' Cup Turf winner Shirocco will make his seasonal debut in the 1 1/2-mile Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes.

Rumplestiltskin will try to give Aidan O'Brien and Kieren Fallon their second successive 1000 Guineas title at Newmarket on Sunday, when 10 of the 13 fillies in the $607,000 classic mile will be making their first 3-year-old starts. On the same card, Breeders' Cup Turf winner Shirocco will make his seasonal debut in the 1 1/2-mile Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained pair of George Washington and Horatio Nelson will put their tall reputations on the line, against each other no less, in Saturday's $607,000 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, where the undefeated Sir Percy will attempt to throw a spanner into O'Brien's works.

Brass Hat, the second-place finisher in the $6 million Dubai World Cup on March 25, has been disqualified from the race by stewards at Nad Al Sheba racecourse after testing positive for a corticosteroid, according to the horse's trainer, Buff Bradley, and Bradley's attorney.

The disqualification, which will be appealed Bradley said Wednesday, could cost Brass Hat the $1.2 million second-place share of the Dubai World Cup purse. Also as part of the ruling Bradley was fined 20,000 dirhams, or approximately $5,445.

Aidan O'Brien announced on Tuesday that George Washington and Horatio Nelson, both owned by Coolmore, will run in Saturday's 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, but the performances of Coolmore's 3-year-olds this season have cast a shadow over their chances in the one-mile British classic.

Corre Caminos rumbled to an overpowering five-length victory in the first Group 1 race of the European season at Longchamp on Sunday, taking the $385,000 Prix Ganay from a pair of German-bred sons of Monsun, Royal Highness and Manduro.

Deep Impact did as the world expected in Kyoto on Sunday, cruising to a 1-10 victory in the $2.25 million Spring Tenno Sho, or Emperor's Cup.

The Yasuo Ikee-trained son of Sunday Silence has now won nine of his ten career starts, having tasted defeat only at the hands of Heart's Cry in the Arima Kinen last Christmas Day at Nakayama. His four-length rout of Lincoln, the 13-1 second choice in the Tenno Sho, now puts him on course for an intended European campaign expected to culminate in the Prix de l'Aec de Triomphe at Longchamp on Oct. 1.

NEW YORK - When Frankie Dettori speaks, the racing world tends to pay attention. Last week, Dettori had a few words to say on the subject of weight, as in the minimum amount to be carried by horses in Britain.

Deep Impact looms a prohibitive favorite in the $2.25 million Spring Tenno Sho at Kyoto on Sunday, when even 17 rivals in the two-mile Grade 1 contest should not prevent his odds rising higher than 1-10.

Andre Fabre likely feels that the 1 5/16 miles of Sunday's $376,000 Prix Ganay at Longchamp is a little on the short side for his top horses, Shirocco and Hurricane Run, both 12-furlong specialists. In their place, he will saddle the likely favorite, Manduro, in the Ganay, the first European Group 1 race of the season.