Japan has won three straight runnings of the Hong Kong Cup (G1), and five of the past seven. But the home defense is led by the exceptional Romantic Warrior.

Stepping up to face older horses for the first time in Saturday’s Coolmore Turf Mile (G1), Annapolis stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) over the same Keeneland course.

After suffering a shock loss at Newmarket’s July Festival, star filly Inspiral recaptured her winning form in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois (G1) at Deauville.

Unbeaten Baaeed is the prohibitive odds-on favorite in Wednesday’s Sussex (G1) at Glorious Goodwood, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).

Another sensational Royal Ascot is in the books. With sunny skies making for good-to-firm going, the tricky soft-ground variable was eliminated, and the results were generally logical.

Star power was on full display when the five-day Royal Ascot meeting opened in England on Tuesday. Baaeed and Nature Strip were among the first to shine.

For the second straight year, Paulo Lobo sent out a Brazilian-bred son of Agnes Gold to upset Keeneland’s “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) – for the same owners, Bonne Chance Farm and Stud R D I.

Champion miler Palace Pier overcame a couple of different challenges to score a rare repeat in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois (G1) at Deauville, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).

Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) shocker Order of Australia will try to earn a return ticket in Wednesday’s “Win and You’re In” Sussex S. (G1), but star sophomore Poetic Flare is the odds-on favorite at Glorious Goodwood.

The 2021 Royal Ascot meeting in England opened with a bang on Tuesday as Palace Pier, Oxted, and Poetic Flare posted Group 1 wins.

Royal Ascot’s glittering five-day stand begins Tuesday. Three Group 1s are on tap, beginning with the Queen Anne S. (G1) that serves as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), and a couple of American sprinters are taking on defending champ Battaash in the King’s Stand S. (G1).

James Scully has ranked the 2020 Breeders’ Cup performances in the following order...do you agree?