Dubai World Cup disappointment Discreet Cat is suffering from a throat abscess, it has been revealed.

CONNECTIONS of the two leading contenders for the Dubai World Cup expressed delight at the form of their representatives ahead of the world’s richest race.

Frankie Dettori is relishing the prospect of seeking his fourth win in the world’s richest race, the Dubai World Cup, on Saturday night.

All eyes will be on Discreet Cat tomorrow when the unbeaten four-year-old makes his eagerly-awaited return to action in the Group Three Lahan Burj Nahaar under the floodlights at Nad Al Sheba.

Ouija Board has won a second Eclipse Award after being voted the top female turf horse in America.

RED ROCKS’ success at the Breeders’ Cup has made owner J Paul Reddam a little worried.

FROM Argentina via Europe to Dubai, and from New York to LA, Saturday night’s Breeders’ Cup Classic truly underscored the meeting’s claim to be the world thoroughbred championships.

TO Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore gang he’s ‘Gorgeous George’ but so numerous are the questions facing George Washington’s prospects in tonight’s Breeders’ Cup Classic that ‘Curious George’ may be a more apt nickname.

Breeders’ Cup Classic hope Bernardini will face the toughest test of his career at Churchill Downs on Saturday, according to his trainer Tom Albertrani.

IT’S been billed as the “Mane Event”, a Breeders’ Cup Classic showdown between two of American racing’s superstars, but at Churchill Downs yesterday there was only one show in town.

IT will not exactly rank with his namesake’s crossing of the Delaware, but if George Washington pulls off a victory in tomorrow night’s Breeders’ Cup Classic it will certainly be a revolutionary moment for Aidan O’Brien.

George Washington will start next to hot favourite Bernardini after the pair were drawn in stalls four and three for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.

Bernardini is now the 11-8 favourite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic following his impressive success in the Grade One Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont.

Belmont Stakes winner Jazil has been ruled out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and will now be prepared for a crack at next year’s Dubai World Cup.

Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Invasor won the 400,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park by an easy looking four and a quarter lengths.