Electrocutionist, winner of the Dubai World Cup, has been ruled out of the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Sept. 9 after having aggravated an old splint injury when he finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot last week.

Electrocutionist is owned by Godolphin, whose racing manager, Simon Crisford, told the Godolphin website Tuesday that new plans for Electrocutionist call for him to run in the 1 1/4-mile Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Oct. 14, exactly three weeks before his intended date in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Marchand d'Or strode to victory in the $321,000 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville on Sunday to establish himself as the leading sprinter in France.

Sent off at a generous 13-1, Marchand d'Or, a French-bred son of Marchand de Sable, defeated the 5-2 choice Satri by two lengths. He ran the straight 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.90 on good ground under Davy Bonilla, giving Freddie Head his first Group 1 victory in nine years as a trainer.

Marchand d'Or strode to victory in the $321,000 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville on Sunday to establish himself as the leading sprinter in France.

Ouija Board put the finishing touches on a truly glorious Goodwood meet as she outbattled Alexander Goldrun to emerge victorious in a Nassau Stakes that will not soon be forgotten.

Hamoody added another feather to the cap of his ace first-crop sire, Johannesburg, at Goodwood on Friday as he got up late to take the Group 2, $130,000 Richmond Stakes.

NEW YORK - The British racing industry was dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century on Tuesday when, for the first time in history, all races were drawn on a 48-hour basis.

Hamoody added another feather to the cap of his sire, Johannesburg, at Goodwood on Friday, when he got up late to take the Group 2, $130,000 Richmond Stakes.

Ouija Board faces a dangerous opponent in Alexander Goldrun at Goodwood on Saturday as she attempts to get back on the winning track in the $375,000 Nassau Stakes.

A 10-furlong Group 1 for fillies and mares, the Nassau was won last year by Alexander Goldrun, who ended a six-race losing since then only on

July 1, when she took the Curragh's Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Nassau distance for the second year in a row.

The horses-for-courses theory proved golden at Goodwood on Wednesday when Court Masterpiece made it 3 for 4 at the southern England track with a stunning victory in the Group 1, $562,000 Sussex Stakes.

The horse-for-course theory proved golden at Goodwood on Wednesday, when Court Masterpiece made it 3 for 4 at the track with a stunning victory in the Group 1, $562,000 Sussex Stakes at a mile.