Robellino, sire of classic winners in England, Ireland and Germany, has been pensioned from from duty at Littleton Stud in Winchester, England, at the age of 27.

Trained by Ian Balding to win the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes and the Group 3 Seaton Delaval Stakes as a juvenile, Robellino, a son of Roberto out of out of the Pronto mare Isobelline, was retired as a 3-year-old after having suffered a hairline fracture to his right foreleg.

He originally stood at Derry Meeting Farm in Pennsylvania before being transferred to Littleton Stud in the fall of 1988.

Ouija Board will not travel to Belmont Park for the Flower Bowl Stakes on Oct. 1 but will instead prepare for a defense of her Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf crown in the Group 3 Princess Royal Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

The decision was made by her trainer, Ed Dunlop, on Monday.

George Washington could be headed to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile after having maintained his status as Europe's leading 2-year-old colt with a comfortable victory in the Group 1, $360,000 National Stakes at The Curragh on Sunday.

His trainer, Aidan O'Brien, will now choose between the Juvenile at Belmont Park on Oct. 29 and Newmarket's seven-furlong Dewhurst Stakes on Oct. 15 for George Washington, a son of Danehill who sold for $2.2 million as a yearling.

English-trained Collier Hill spoiled Vinnie Roe's bid for a fifth consecutive Irish St Leger victory at The Curragh on Saturday.

Vinnie Roe, the local hero, struck the front more than a quarter-mile from home and everything looked set for celebration. But Collier Hill, trained by Alan Swinbank and ridden by Dean McKeown, passed him about 50 yards from home.

Collier Hill scored by a half-length over The Whistling Teal, who stayed on strongly at the end, with Vinnie Roe another half-length back in third.

Aidan O'Brien, who has been in great form recently with 7 winners from his last 20 runners, saddles the three favorites in Sunday's Group 1 Laing O'Rourke National Stakes at The Curragh. For 2-year-olds, the race is run over seven furlongs.

All three of the O'Brien horses are by Danehill and owned by Susan Magnier: George Washington, Horatio Nelson, and Amigoni.

Vinnie Roe goes for an historic fifth consecutive victory in the Group 1 Irish St. Leger at The Curragh on Saturday, when he will face eight rivals in the 1 3/4-mile, $368,000 contest.

A 7-year-old son of Definite Article trained by Dermot Weld, Vinnie Roe has run three times this year, winning the listed 1 3/4-mile Saval Beg Stakes while toting 142 pounds, finishing in third place behind Westerner in the 2 1/2-mile Ascot Gold Cup, and finishing third again in the listed 1 1/2-mile Ballyroan Stakes, spotting the victorious Chelsea Rose 14 pounds.

Frank Gabriel Jr., formerly the director of racing at Arlington Park, has been named chief executive officer of the Dubai Racing Club, the Club's chairman, Saeed H. Al-Tayer, announced Wednesday.

Gabriel left his Arlington post for the Dubai Racing Club in August. His new position in Dubai places him in charge of racing operations at Nad Al Sheba, home of the world's richest race, the $6 million Dubai World Cup.

Shawanda and Hurricane Run prepared for their clash in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with solid performances in a pair of course-and-distance Arc trials at Longchamp on Sunday.

While neither was fully wound up for their preps, both scored rather handy victories. The 1-5 Shawanda took the Group 1, $310,000 Prix Vermeille for 3- and 4-year-old fillies, while the 1-10 Hurricane Run won the Group 2, $148,000 Prix Niel for 3-year-old colts and fillies. Meanwhile, the 5-year-old mare Pride upset Alkaased in the Arc prep for older horses, the Group 2, $148,000 Prix Foy.

Shawanda and Hurricane Run prepared for their clash in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with proper performances in a pair of course and distance Arc trials at Longchamp on Sunday.

While neither was fully wound up for their preps, both scored rather handy victories, the 1-5 Shawanda in the $310,000 Group 1 Prix Vermeille for 3 and 4-year-old fillies, the 1-10 Hurricane Run in the $148,000 Group 2 Prix Niel for 3-year-old colts and fillies. Meanwhile, the 5-year-old mare Pride upset Alkaased in the Arc prep for older horses, the $148,000 Group 2 Prix Foy.

Aidan O'Brien has had many big days in his brilliant career as a trainer, but few, if any, have been as rewarding as Saturday, when he won major Group 1 prizes with Oratorio in the Irish Champion Stakes and Scorpion in the St. Leger Stakes.

As talented as he is, O'Brien is unable to be in two places at once, so he chose Leopardstown, where Oratorio duplicated his mastery of Motivator in the $1.24 million Irish Champion with a half-length victory, exactly the same margin by which he had beaten Motivator in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park on July 2.