Dual Oaks winner Ouija Board is in the running for two prestigious Eclipse Awards in the United States after finalists were announced today.

Rival US racetrack operators Churchill Downs and Magna Entertainment have paired up for a simulcast agreement to beam their thoroughbred races to Ireland and Britain.

THE Aidan O’Brien-trained Powerscourt and Clive Brittain’s veteran Warrsan, a dual Group One winner this year, spearhead a strong European challenge for next week’s Japan Cup in Tokyo.

Dual Classic and Breeders’ Cup heroine Ouija Board capped a magnificent season when she was named Horse Of The Year at the prestigious Cartier Awards last night.

JAMIE SPENCER was in philosophical mood yesterday after Antonius Pius’s defeat in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Park on Saturday night.

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.

Ashado, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Lone Star Park tonight.

OUIJA BOARD and Kieren Fallon completed their preparation for today’s Breeders’ Cup meeting yesterday morning as dark clouds hung over Lone Star Park - but the rain stayed away.

JAMIE SPENCER took his first steps on to the racing surface at Lone Star Park yesterday aboard his Breeders’ Cup Turf partner Powerscourt.

ED DUNLOP already has one eye on Belmont Park and the 2005 Breeders’ Cup despite there being only 48 hours to go before his star filly Ouija Board goes to post a warm favourite to land this year’s Filly & Mare Turf at Lone Star Park.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is hoping that his late-season revival in form can be carried across the Atlantic when he saddles five runners in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Lone Star Park.

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.

Aidan O’Brien is hoping that his late-season revival in form can be carried across the Atlantic when he saddles five runners in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Lone Star Park.

Ouija Board has been confirmed as a runner in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Lone Star Park on Saturday.

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

WEATHER forecasters gave little encouragement yesterday morning for the European Breeders’ Cup raiding party as fears grew over the possibility that testing conditions may prevail on the turf at Lone Star Park this weekend.

The 11-strong European raiding party for the Breeders’ Cup flew into Texas late yesterday to be greeted by a stormy reception.

Ed Dunlop will leave it until the middle of next week before making a decision on which race dual Oaks winner Ouija Board will run in at the Breeders’ Cup.

DUAL Oaks heroine Ouija Board will be allowed to take her chance at the Breeders’ Cup meeting in Texas later this month.

Dual Oaks heroine Ouija Board will be allowed to take her chance at the Breeders’ Cup meeting in Texas later this month.

Ed Dunlop will decide over the weekend whether to send dual Classic heroine Ouija Board for the Breeders’ Cup at Lone Star Park on October 30.

Trainer Ed Dunlop reports dual Oaks winner Ouija Board to have taken her Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe exertions in her stride ahead of a decision about her participation in the Breeders’ Cup.

BEEF OR SALMON will set out on the road to the Cheltenham Gold Cup this weekend after being confirmed a definite runner in the Anglo Irish Bank Munster National at Limerick.

Aidan O’Brien is likely to have a crack at the Breeders’ Cup Classic with Powerscourt when the meeting takes place at Lone Star Park in Texas later this month.

A crack at the Breeders’ Cup later this month remains a “major consideration” for Ouija Board after her gallant run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Magistretti made a winning start to his new career in America by claiming the Grade One Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont last night.

On the eve of Mubtaker’s attempt to win the Stan James Geoffrey Freer Stakes for the third year running, trainer Marcus Tregoning revealed that Hong Kong rather than Texas would be the seven-year-old’s most likely end-of-season destination.

Connections of Ouija Board are considering a trip to America for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in October.