Turtle Bowl stepped up in class to make off with the one-mile Group 1 $475,000 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on Sunday and will be pointed in future to races outside of France where he can take advantage of his preference for firm ground.

Soviet Song and Attraction will renew their rivalry on Newmarket's July Course in Tuesday's edition of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes.

In last year's running of the Falmouth, a $354,000 straight mile for fillies and mares, Soviet Song ended Attraction's undefeated record with a decisive 2 1/2-length victory. She then beat Attraction again by a half-length in the Group 1 Matron Stakes. A daughter of Marju trained by James Fanshawe, Soviet Song was, however, only third in her reappearance at Royal Ascot at York last month in the Group 2 Windsor Forest Stakes.

Motivator fell prey to the late charge of Oratorio in a dramatic renewal of the $708,000 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park on Saturday.

The undefeated Epsom Derby winner and 2-5 favorite, Motivator appeared to take charge of the 1 1/4-mile Group 1 contest as he cruised to the lead under Johnny Murtagh at the quarter pole, but he had no response to the 12-1 Oratorio, who blew by him at the sixteenth pole to record a comfortable half-length victory. The time for the 1 1/4 miles on good to firm ground was 2:07.00, or 4.9 seconds off Kalaglow's 1982 track record.

Motivator fell prey to the late charge of Oratorio in a dramatic renewal of the $708,000 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park on Saturday.

The undefeated Epsom Derby winner and 2-5 favorite, Motivator appeared to take charge of the 1 1/4-mile Group 1 contest as he cruised to the lead under Johnny Murtagh at the quarter pole, but had no response to the 12-1 Oratorio, who blew by him at the 16th pole to record a comfortable half-length vcitory. The time for the 1 1/4 miles on good to firm ground was 2:07.00, or 4.9 seconds off Kalaglow's 1982 track record.

Soviet Song and Attraction renew their rivalry on Newmarket's July Course on Tuesday in a scintillating edition of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes.

In last year's running of this $354,000 straight mile for fillies and mares, Soviet Song ended Attraction's undefeated record with a decisive 2-1/2 length victory, then beat her again by half a length in the Group 1 Matron Stakes. The James Fanshawe trained daughter of Marju was, however, only third in her reappearance at Royal Ascot at York last month in the Group 2 Windsor Forest Stakes.

NEW YORK - European breeders have been wondering for years if a replacement for the great Sadler's Wells would ever appear. Now they may have found one with the electrifying emergence this spring of Montjeu.

Ad Valorem is in a position to pick up the mantle formerly held by Shamardal in Sunday's Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly, a Group 1, $480,000 contest.

Second by three lengths to Shamardal in the one-mile St. James's Palace Stakes, Ad Valorem won the six-furlong Group 1 Middle Park Stakes last fall. With the Jean Prat reduced in distance this year from 1 1/8 miles to one mile, he is in position to become Europe's leading 3-year-old miler, now that both Shamardal and the 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand are retired.

Shamardal has suffered a bonechip in his right fore ankle and has been retired on the eve of what would have been a monumental clash with Motivator in Saturday's Eclipse Stakes.

A clash of Derby winners is calculated to create a sensation at Sandown Park on Saturday, when Motivator and Shamardal go head-to-head in the $675,000 Eclipse Stakes.

The battle between the Epsom Derby champ, Motivator, and the French Derby winner, Shamardal, is the race of the year to date. Both horses have given every indication that they are exceptional, neither has ever lost on turf, and both are in prime condition for this 1 1/4-mile Group 1 contest, which should have a major impact on European championship honors.

Silent Witness garnered repeat honors as Hong Kong's Horse of the Year and champion sprinter for the 2004-2005 season at the annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards presentation Saturday night.

Owned by Archie and Betty da Silva and trained by Tony Cruz, the 6-year-old gelding landed his second Hong Kong Sprint title as well as his second Hong Kong Sprint Series championship this past season.