Ouija Board found it all too much in the desert heat as she and jockey Kieren Fallon were tactically outfought in the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad al Sheba.

Distinction will have a full body scan when he returns to Britain later this week after his disappointing effort behind Makybe Diva in Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Yeats will bypass the Melbourne Cup in favour of a tilt at the Canadian International on October 23.

Mubtaker recorded his 12th career victory in the Ouija Board, Wilko And Liverpool Vets Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Newmarket and will now go in search of that elusive first Group One success.

Yeats has been all the rage with the bookmakers ahead of Saturday’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

FOUR-TIME Irish Field St Leger winner Vinnie Roe heads 17 horses confirmed at the five-day stage for the Curragh Classic on Saturday.

Phoenix Reach has the world as his oyster as he booked his place on a global tour with victory in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad Al Sheba today.

Kieren Fallon is out to make an immediate impact on the international racing scene in his new job as stable jockey to the all-powerful Ballydoyle empire when he takes over the reins aboard Powerscourt in tomorrow’s Dubai Sheema Classic.

Geoff Wragg’s pair Asian Heights and The Whistling Teal are among a field of eight declared for the Stan James St Simon Stakes at today’s 48-hour final stage.