Makfi handed Goldikova a shocking defeat at Deauville on Sunday as he beat the two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner by 2 1/2 lengths in the Group 1, $769,000 Prix Jacques Le Marois.
Goldikova goes in search of what would be a modern European record of 11 Group or Grade 1 triumphs on Sunday, when she renews rivalry with Paco Boy in the $769,000 Prix Jacques Le Marois going a mile at Deauville.
Canford Cliffs overcame a series of self-imposed difficulties at Goodwood on Wednesday to win the Group 1, $467,000 Sussex Stakes with a perfectly timed late run that caught Rip Van Winkle in the shadow of the line.
Starspangledbanner emerged the gritty winner of the Group 1, $605,000 July Cup at Newmarket on Friday, with the speedy Australian-bred prevailing by a neck over the game pacesetting Equiano.
Date With Destiny, the only offspring of the late champion miler George Washington, made her juvenile debut a winning one at Newbury on Friday with a comfortable victory in a seven-furlong maiden.
When does a horse win its maiden in a Group 1 race? It could be on Saturday when Remember When goes in the $264,000 Pretty Polly Stakes, a 1 1/4-mile race for fillies and mares at the Curragh.
It's Kinsale King versus the world at Royal Ascot on Saturday when the Dubai Golden Shaheen winner faces 23 rivals from six different countries in the Group 1, $665,000 Golden Jubilee Stakes.
Lillie Langtry gave Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore their first Royal Ascot victory of 2010 on Friday as she came late to win the Group 1, $370,000 Coronation Stakes.
