Alexander Goldrun can take the measure of five older fillies in the 1 1/4-mile Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at The Curragh on Saturday. As the only 3-year-old in a race that has been won by 3-year-olds in five of the last six years, she will receive 12 pounds from the likes of the defending champ, Hanami. A daughter of Gold Away trained by Jim Bolger, Alexander Goldrun was second by a length to the undefeated Attraction in the Irish 1000 Guineas before finishing fourth, just two lengths behind the victorious Latice, in the 1 5/16-mile French Oaks.

Godolphin has supplemented its Epsom Derby runner-up, Rule of Law, to the Irish Derby, meaning that the first three finishers from the Epsom classic could clash again at The Curragh on Sunday.

Scratched from last Friday's King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot because of a minor infection, Rule of Law had been expected to miss the Irish Derby. But Sheikh Mohammed, Godolphin's leader, supplemented him for $115,000 to the 1 1/2-mile classic. A Kingmambo colt, Rule of Law is now expected to line up against Epsom Derby winner North Light as well as third-place Let the Lion Roar.

The unheralded German invader Senex scored a 17-1 upset in the Group 1 Gran Premio di Milano at San Siro in Milan on Sunday.

Trained by Hans Blume, the 4-year-old son of Pelder came from last to first in a field of seven to take the $593,000 contest by 2 1/2 lengths from the 10-1 Maktub. The Great Gatsby, trained by John Gosden to be second in last year's Epsom Derby but unraced since finishing fifth in the Irish Derby on June 29, was another length behind in third. The 8-5 choice Altieri was only fourth in his first try at a mile and a half.

The brilliant undefeated sprinter Silent Witness was named Hong Kong's Horse of the Year for the 2003-04 season at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards on Saturday night.

The winner of 11 races, Silent Witness, a gelding trained by Tony Cruz, was also named Hong Kong's champion sprinter for beating an international field in the Hong Kong Sprint. Silent Witness swept the Champion Sprint Series with victories in the Bahunia Sprint Trophy, Centenary Sprint Cup, and the Chairman's Sprint Prize.

Doyen brought the 2004 Royal Ascot meeting to a memorable close Saturday, trimming better than four-tenths of a second off the 21-year-old course record in winning the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes by six lengths.

Doyen, who began his career in France with trainer Andre Fabre before transferring to the Godolphin operation, swept to the front at the quarter-mile pole and sprinted clear, timed in 2:26.53 for 1 1/2 miles on firm turf.

Attraction crowned herself queen of the world's 3-year-old fillies on Friday with a scintillating performance in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Superlatives rang through the winner's enclosure as Attraction, the first winner of both the English and Irish 1000 Guineas, led throughout to take the $438,000 mile by 2 1/2 lengths over Majestic Desert.

"She is definitely the classiest horse I have ever trained," said Mark Johnston, while her rider, Kevin Darley, exclaimed, "You just throw the reins at her and she takes the race by the scruff of the neck."

Italy's best older horse, Altieri, will be tested by recent Italian Derby winner Groom Tesse at San Siro on Sunday in the $370,000, Group 1 Gran Premio di Milano.

A 6-year-old British-bred, Altieri is 3 for 3 this season, but all of his races have been at 1 1/4 miles, the last in the Group 1 Premio Presidente della Repubblica in Rome. Trainer Vittorio Caruso is sending Altieri into uncharted territory, as the horse has never been as far as the Milano's 1 1/2 miles.

Godolphin added to its success at Royal Ascot on Thursday as Papineau and Punctilious scored big victories before a Ladies Day crowd of 69,928.

The lightly raced Papineau held off a challenge from France's top stayer, Westerner, to land the Group 1, $410,000 Ascot Gold Cup at 2 1/2 miles. A 4-year-old Singspiel colt, Papineau was running for just the seventh time in England's premier staying race, and he proved that his May 31 victory in the two-mile, Group 2 Henry II Stakes at Sandown was no fluke.

Doyen appears to have found a perfect spot in Saturday's Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes, Royal Ascot's traditional closing-day 1 1/2-mile event for older horses.

Attraction will draw the support of a majority of the 50,000 fans gathered at Royal Ascot on Friday when she attempts to extend her unbeaten streak to eight in the $410,000, Group 1 Coronation Stakes.

A daughter of Efisio, Attraction became the only horse in the world besides Smarty Jones to win two classics this year when she followed her May 2 victory in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket with a score in the Irish 1000 Guineas at The Curragh three weeks later.