A night of upsets at Meydan culminated in Saturday’s $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), as the 41-1 Hit Show struck top gear late to deny fellow American longshot Mixto, leaving 1-2 favorite Forever Young behind in third.

Saturday’s $5 million Dubai Turf (G1) was supposed to be all about Hong Kong legend Romantic Warrior, but the 1-5 favorite was mugged on the line by Japan’s Soul Rush.

Last year’s Japanese champion three-year-old male, Danon Decile, scored in his first international foray in Saturday’s $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) at Meydan.

As a late addition to the field for Saturday’s $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), Dark Saffron was an unlikely candidate to crash the Straight No Chaser versus Tuz party for several reasons.

Jockey Rachel King had a banner day at Tokyo on Sunday, winning both stakes with U.S. racing implications.

The richest race in the world became a race for the ages on Saturday, as Forever Young and Romantic Warrior fulfilled hopes of an epic clash in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1).

On the Saudi Cup (G1) undercard, Straight No Chaser exuded class in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2), and Golden Vekoma rallied in the Saudi Derby (G3).

Of the five Thoroughbred Group 1 winners on Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) undercard at ParisLongchamp, Friendly Soul and Ramatuelle are the likeliest to proceed to the Breeders’ Cup.

Juddmonte’s homebred Bluestocking crowned her season in Sunday’s $5.5 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), giving the late Khalid Abdullah’s operation a record-setting seventh victory in Europe’s fall championship.

Keeneland offered a pair of “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge series on the main track Saturday, and East Avenue and Zeitlos stamped their respective tickets for the Juvenile (G1) and Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in opposite manner.

A pair of unbeaten two-year-old fillies captured Breeders’ Cup Challenge races on Friday’s opener at Keeneland.

The historic $250,000 Beldame (G2), the first of three stakes at Aqueduct on Sunday, has seen better days.

Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend gets off to a terrific start on Friday, with a trio of Breeders’ Cup Challenge events highlighting the opening day card.

Subsanador prevailed in a three-way photo over National Treasure and Newgate in the California Crown (G1) at Santa Anita, earning a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).