Deep Impact came through his Prix de l'Arc de Trimphe workout at Longchamp with flying colors on Wednesday as he covered the final quarter-mile of the 1 1/2-mile move in an unofficial 21 seconds flat under regular rider Yutaka Take.

A 4-year-old Japanese-bred son of Sunday Silence, Deep Impact was working in lieu of a run in last Sunday's Arc prep for older horses, the Prix Foy, in which his main rivals for the Arc, Shirocco and Hurricane Run, finished first and second.

The locally trained She Is Tosho proved too tough for Takeover Target at Chukyo in Japan on Sunday as she sped to a three-length victory over the Australian invader in the $1 million Grade 2 Centaur Stakes.

Despite breaking widest off all from post 18, She Is Tosho, the 3-1 favorite, powered to victory under Kenichi Ikezoe, getting the six furlongs in 1:08.60.

The locally trained She is Tosho proved too tough for Takeover Target at Chukyo on Sunday, when she sped to a three-length victory over the Australian invader in the Grade 2, $1 million Centaur Stakes.

The locally trained She Is Tosho proved too tough for Takeover Target at Chukyo on Sunday as she sped to a 3-length victory over the Australian invader in the $1 million Grade 2 Centaur Stakes.

Shirocco outsprinted Hurricane Run and Pride to the wire in the Prix Foy as Christophe Soumillon rode the winners of all three course and distance preps for the Oct. 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

Sixties Icon led a parade of Galileos across the line at York on Saturday as he swept to a most convincing victory in the Group 1, $885,000 St. Leger Stakes.

The world's oldest classic, the St. Leger proved to be a tribute to Galileo, winner of both the Epsom and Irish Derbies in 2001, as not only is Sixties Icon a son of Galileo, but so are the runner-up, The Last Drop, and third-place Red Rocks.

Dylan Thomas fought back late to retake the $1.26 million Irish Champion Stakes from Ouija Board at Leopardstown on Saturday in an effort which could propel him to Churchill Downs for either the Breeders' Cup Turf or Classic.

Hurricane Run, Shirocco, and Pride will stage their own little mini-Arc at Longchamp on Sunday as they prepare for the real thing in the Group 2, $165,000 Prix Foy, one of three course and distance Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe preps being served up at the Parisian track.

Australian raider Takeover Target appears to have his Japanese rivals over a barrel at Chukyo Racecourse in Sunday's Grade 2 Centaur Stakes, a $995,000 six-furlong turf dash that is the fifth leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.

Hurricane Run, Shirocco, and Pride will stage their own little mini-Arc at Longchamp on Sunday as they prepare for the real thing in the Group 2, $165,000 Prix Foy, one of three course and distance Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe preps being served up at the Parisian track.