Third as the favorite in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), Notable Speech returned to Del Mar as an older, fresher customer.

Favorites were overturned in all three trials for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.

Ombudsman and Minnie Hauk dominated Breeders’ Cup Challenge events in different divisions at York, but chances are that they will cross swords in the Turf (G1) at Del Mar.

A tour-de-force performance from Trawlerman in the Gold Cup (G1) highlighted the Day 3 racing action at Royal Ascot in England.

Purchased for nearly $4 million at Tattersalls last December, Believing furnished dividends in her first start for the Coolmore principals and Resolute in Saturday’s $1.5 million Al Quoz Sprint (G1).

Godolphin’s homebred Rebel’s Romance made Breeders’ Cup history at Del Mar on Saturday, becoming the first two-time winner of the Turf (G1) in non-consecutive years.

Although things hadn’t quite worked out for Nations Pride of late, Sunday’s Arlington Million (G1) shaped up as the ideal spot for the Godolphin globetrotter to return to the win column.

As the smart winner of the Belmont Oaks (G1) last out, Godolphin’s homebred Cinderella’s Dream was always going to be favored in Friday’s Saratoga Oaks (G2).

Godolphin’s homebred Measured Time starred in his first transatlantic venture in Saturday’s Manhattan (G1) at Saratoga, officially joining his Breeders’ Cup-winning half-brother, Rebel’s Romance, in the globetrotters club.

Overlooked at 15-1 in a deep renewal of the $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) on Saturday, Godolphin’s Rebel’s Romance parlayed an advantageous trip into a two-length victory at Meydan.

The Canadian International (G1) resumed from a one-year hiatus on Sunday, and Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby provided a sense of continuity at Woodbine.

If not as straightforward a customer as his recently-retired Godolphin colleague Modern Games, Master of the Seas nevertheless resembled his undisputed authority in Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1).

Collared late by Broome in the Dubai Gold Cup (G2) on World Cup night, Godolphin’s Siskany had no such rival to deny him in Friday’s $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2).

A tactical race in a small field proved a trap for odds-on favorite Flying Honours, but Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket suited King Power Racing’s The Foxes.

Following up on an impressive debut over the July Course, Commissioning was similarly convincing on Newmarket’s Rowley Mile in Friday’s Rockfel (G2).

Spreadeagling the field in Saturday’s Woodbine Mile (G1), odds-on favorite Modern Games did more than merely book a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1).