Roundup of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events and other stakes action on Day 1 of the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown.

Sunday’s star-studded Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) card included five other Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events at ParisLongchamp.

Arizona Blaze, the close runner-up in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1), booked his return ticket to Del Mar in Sunday’s Flying Five (G1) at the Curragh.

The William Haggas-trained Economics added to his burgeoning profile by dethroning Auguste Rodin in the Irish Champion (G1), one of three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Day 3 of racing at Royal Ascot in England saw a changing of the guard in the 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup (G1).

The Rockfel S. (G2) was the “Win and You’re In” at Newmarket Friday, but the Joel S. (G2) could also have Breeders’ Cup implications after Godolphin veteran Benbatl set a new course record.

The upsets kept coming on day two of Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh, including both of Sunday’s Breeders’ Cup Challenge events.

Odds-on favorite St Mark’s Basilica survived an inquiry in the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Irish Champion (G1), but otherwise upsets were the order of the day at Leopardstown.