THERE will be slim pickings for European horses when America’s prestigious Eclipse Awards are handed out in Beverly Hills, California, later this month.

EUROPEAN horses dominated the finish of the Breeders’ Cup Turf with a clean sweep of the places spearheaded by Shirocco at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday night.

HAVING been criticised before for losing ground out of the stalls compared to their better-schooled American rivals, Aidan O’Brien’s team have been working with Bob Duncan - the conditioning starter for the New York Racing Association - in the hope of improving the Ballydoyle runners’ reaction time for their respective Breeders Cup races at Belmont Park today.

AN ideal-looking draw in stall five failed to placate John Oxx after an inspection of the turf track at Belmont Park left the trainer of Azamour feeling pessimistic ahead of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Powerscourt made amends for his demotion from first place in the Arlington Million 12 months ago with a brilliant victory in Chicago’s Grade One showpiece.

It was just like old times for Kieren Fallon at Gulfstream Park last night when the former champion jockey booted home another winner on the Florida course’s turf track.

Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon has split with top agent Ron Anderson just three weeks after arriving to ride in Florida for the winter.

Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon has split with top agent Ron Anderson just three weeks after arriving in the United States to ride in Florida for the winter.

Kieren Fallon managed to make the frame at Gulfstream Park in Florida last night when finishing third on Magna Graduate in the Aventura Stakes.

Irish jockey Kieran Fallon will jet out to America on St Stephen’s Day as he plans to ride in Florida over the following few weeks.

Antonius Pius’s waywardness and a troubled passage for Six Perfections cost the European team dear as Singletary hung on grimly to land a dramatic NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Park today.

Ashado finished strongly to take the Breeders’ Cup Distaff for Texas trainer Todd Pletcher at Lone Star Park tonight.

SIX PERFECTIONS will have to overcome a wide draw for the second year running after being handed stall 11 in the post position ceremony for the Breeders’ Cup Mile yesterday.

Record-breaking rider Jerry Bailey comes into Saturday’s 21st Breeders’ Cup meeting at Lone Star Park with a particular point to prove.

Epicentre, a former John Gosden inmate, landed his first win in stakes company in America on Friday.

Pleasantly Perfect battled his way to a famous victory in the Dubai World Cup as America’s best dominated the finish of the world’s richest race at Nad Al Sheba.

Pleasantly Perfect battled his way to a famous victory in the Dubai World Cup as America’s best dominated the finish of the world’s richest race at Nad Al Sheba tonight.

Six Perfections, trained by Pascal Bary and ridden by Jerry Bailey, won the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita tonight.

Top American rider Jerry Bailey will take over from Thierry Thulliez on Six Perfections in the Breeders’ Cup Mile later this month.

Frankie Dettori is set to renew his association with Sulamani when Godolphin's four-year-old contests the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita later this month.

SULAMANI booked his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a highly impressive victory in the Turf Classic at Belmont Park on Saturday night.

Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide could manage only third place behind Peace Rules in the Grade One Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in America.

Trainer Bobby Frankel looks to hold a strong hand in next month’s Kentucky Derby after taking two of the final trial races on Saturday.

As the final meeting of the Flat season gets underway at Doncaster today, Kieren Fallon has finally admitted that the 2002 jockeys’ championship is in the bag. Mathematically, he cannot be caught.

Three-times Kentucky Derby winning jockey Gary Stevens is to partner Johannesburg in Saturday’s ‘‘Run For The Roses’’ and Jerry Bailey is to ride the other Aidan O’Brien-trained candidate Castle Gandolfo.

Michael Kinane has until Monday evening to launch an appeal against a seven-day suspension which will rule him out of riding Johannesburg in the Kentucky Derby.

Captain Steve gave America its third victory in the six runnings of the world's richest race at Nad Al Sheba.