Sea The Stars was retired Tuesday after becoming the first horse to complete a sweep of three top European races in the same season.

The 3-year-old Irish colts victory in the Prix de lArc de Triomphe this month followed triumphs in the English 2000 Guineas and Derby to make it six Group One wins in a row.

We feel it is unfair to keep him going any further given his unprecedented record of achievement in the last six months, trainer John Oxx said. Hes come out of the Prix de lArc de Triomphe in his usual good form. He is fit and healthy and has been cantering since the race.

Oxx said he has no details on his stud career.

During two years on the track, Sea The Stars lost just one of his nine races in his debutand earned around $7 million in prize money.

The retirement was made after discussions with owner Christopher Tsui. It denies Sea The Stars the chance for a final triumph at the Breeders Cup Classic on Nov. 7.

Hes had a long season and has been in regular fast work from March 3, with his final workout on October 2, Oxx said. Hes been in intensive training for seven months with only a three-week break after the Eclipse Stakes at the beginning of July.

The Hoosier Park racetrack has lifted a quarantine put in place after two thoroughbreds tested positive for a contagious infection that can kill horses in some cases.

Hoosier Park officials say the 54 horses that were placed in quarantine Sept. 12 have all been moved off the grounds of the central Indiana track. The quarantine started after one thoroughbred at the stable began exhibiting signs of equine strangles, a bacterial disease common in horses that can be life-threatening.

Racing manager Jeffrey Smith says no other horses have shown signs of the disease. Smith says the quarantined barn is being disinfected and wont be used again this season.

Officials says theyve had no problems in any of the tracks other 16 barns, where about 1,000 horses are housed.

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will remain at Santa Anita and point to the Breeders Cup Classic on Nov 7.

Trainer Chip Woolley Jr. said Monday he and the geldings owners were disappointed with Mine That Birds sixth-place finish in the Goodwood Stakes on Saturday. But theyve decided to try the $5 million Classic, and Calvin Borel will remain as Mine That Birds rider.

Woolley said Mine That Bird jogged a mile Monday and will have two or three breezes before the 1-mile Classic.

Free Flying Soul beat Golden Doc A by two lengths to win the $70,810 Lou Rowan Stakes at Santa Anita on Monday.

The 4-year-old mare, ridden by Mike Smith, covered the 6 furlongs in 1:15:26, and paid $5.40, $3.40 and $2.10. Golden Doc A returned $4 and $2.10, while Ashleys Kitty was $2.10 to show.

The race was worth $40,146, raising Free Flying Souls career earnings to $115,646.

Miss Catalyst held off a late rally by Pull Dancer and the previously unbeaten Maram in the $100,000 Pebbles Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Belmont Park on Monday.

Sent off at 7-1, Miss Catalyst took charge in midstretch and finished a neck in front of Pull Dancer with Maram, who had won four straight races including last years Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, another nose back.

The time was 1:34.18 for one mile on a firm course.

Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Javier Castellano, Miss Catalyst paid $17.40, $8.40 and $5.30. Pull Dancer returned $12.80 and $6.30, while Maram, the 7-5 favorite, was $3 to show.

Girolamo, a late-developing 3-year-old, beat Burleys Gold by 1 lengths Sunday in the $150,000 Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park.

A perfect 3 for 3 this season, Girolamo earned his first stakes victory with a gutsy effort. Quickly overcoming an awkward start, Girolamo settled into a perfect stalking trip with Alan Garcia aboard. He blew past Kensei, a multiple stakes winner, in the stretch for his fourth victory in six career starts.

Trained by Saeed bin Suroor, Girolamo ran the one mile in 1:33.81 on the fast track. The 4-5 favorite, Girolamo paid $3.60, $2.80 and $2.10. Burleys Gold returned $4.30 and $2.10. Kensei faded to third, paying $2.10

Denver was fourth followed by Pitched Perfectly.

A 57-year-old jockey rode Tiumen to victory at the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase in the Czech Republic.

Jocky Josef Vana won the 4.3-mile race, which is considered one of the toughest in Europe. Vana has won it six times as a jockey and seven as a trainer.

The 8-year-old Tiumen was followed by Sixteen and Numero Due on Sunday.

Eighteen of 25 horses finished the 119th edition of the race in front of about 30,000 spectators.

Michael Iavarone watched one of his horses cruise to victory Saturday at Keeneland and figured he had the perfect challenger for the Breeders Cup Mile.

Two races later, he watched another and decided he might have an even better one.

Court Vision, co-owned by Iavarones IEAH Stables, pulled in front of Karelian down the stretch to win the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile in a photo finish with Robby Albarado aboard.

It was one of two Grade I milelong turf races and automatic Breeders Cup bids for a horse owned by Iavarone, who also was in the winners circle for Diamondrella following her win in the First Lady.

It leaves Iavarone with some tough but enviable choices ahead of next months Breeders Cup at Santa Anita. He said he expects Court Vision would run in the Breeders Cup Mile and was undecided on Diamondrellas destination.

You buy horses for days just like this, Iavarone said.

Although horses owned by Iavarones IEAH Stables dominated the soft turf on a busy day at Keeneland, Nobles Promise also nabbed a Breeders Cup Juvenile berth after winning the Grade 1 Breeders Futurity on Polytrack. The other automatic bid went to Informed Decision, winner of the Grade 2 Thoroughbred Club of America.

Albarado, who was aboard Court Vision, said he believed in his horse, who came into the race with only five wins in 17 lifetime starts and none in more than a year.

I knew this horse would finish up big, and he did, Albarado said of Court Vision, who was trained by Rick Dutrow. He had faced some quality horses in the past.

Rajiv Maragh, who rode both Karelian and winner Diamondrella, said he thought he would be able to capitalize on a slow pace but came up just short.

I knew I was going to have a lot left when they came to challenge me, Maragh said. He tried to the best of his ability. Unfortunately we came out second best, but thats nothing to be ashamed of.

Court Vision paid $11.60, $5.80 and $4.40. Karelian returned $9.80 and $5.80. Mr. Sidney was $3.40 to show.

Although the margin wasnt nearly as close, Diamondrella also used a thunderous final kick to overtake Hotlantic, who faded from first to seventh in the stretch, and Tizaqueena, who was 2 3/4 lengths back in second.

She gave me a big turn of foot like she always doesvery consistent, Maragh said. I know what Ive got with her because she always gives it to me.

Forever Together, the even-money favorite who turned last years victory in the First Lady into a victorious trip in the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf, got off to a slow start and couldnt make it up, finishing third.

I had a bad trip, and the turf wasnt that great, said Forever Togethers jockey, Julien Leparoux. She ran a big race even though the ground wasnt the best for her. Shes still going to be a good horse, for sure.

By winning the Breeders Futurity, his third win in four lifetime starts, Nobles Promise not only earns a bid to the Breeders Cup Juvenile but is on a track to a possible Kentucky Derby challenge should he prove to make the transition to dirt.

Trainer Ken McPeek and jockey Willie Martinez both predicted a rosy future.

I really believe in this horse, Martinez said. He has a good mind on him. I believe he can carry on.

Thirteen proved to be the luckiest of numbers for Zenyatta, whose latest victory improved her record to 13-0 and moved her into rare company in horse racing history.

The stellar mares win in the $300,000 Ladys Secret Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita tied filly Personal Ensigns streak of 13 consecutive wins set from 1986-88. Personal Ensign retired as the first undefeated champion in American racing in more than 80 years.

It wasnt such a good day for Mine That Bird, who missed the winners circle again with a sixth-place finish behind upset winner Gitano Hernando in the $350,000 Goodwood Stakes.

Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Zenyatta covered 1 1-16 miles on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface in 1:42.89. Sent off as the 2-5 wagering favorite, she won by 1 lengths and paid $2.80, $2.40 and $2.10.

Its a once-in-a-lifetime horse, believe me, trainer John Shirreffs said.

A smiling Smith pointed down at Zenyatta as he guided her into the winners circle, greeted by loud cheers from the crowd of 20,329, many of them lining the rail from mid-stretch to the finish line to watch the nations other star female horse.

She only seemed to run about four jumps and then she shut it down, Smith said. The big dance is coming up next and thats all she needed to do today.

Zenyatta won a day after the owner of Rachel Alexandra said the star filly who beat the boys in the Preakness was done racing for the year, ensuring they wont meet in a Breeders Cup showdown.

Zenyatta pawed the ground with her right hoof in the winners circle before Smith jumped off and planted a kiss on her flank. Actress Bo Derek, a member of the California Horse Racing Board, presented the trophy.

Queen Zenyatta was one of the signs that greeted her in the winners circle after her fourth win this year, all coming on the synthetic surfaces at each of Southern Californias three major tracks.

Its so much fun to see all her fans, co-owner Ann Moss said. She enjoys herself. Its just really grand.

Lethal Heat returned $7.40 and $4.20, while Cocoa Beach returned $3 to show. Zenyattas stablemate, Life Is Sweet, was fourth in the seven-horse field.

Zenyatta won the Ladys Secret a year ago before going on to win the Breeders Cup Ladies Classic.

Winning Saturday guarantees Zenyatta a berth in this years Ladies Classic on Nov. 6 at Santa Anita, but its possible owners Jerry and Ann Moss will decide to run her against the boys in the $5 million BC Classic a day later.

Jerry Moss said Zenyatta would be pre-entered in both races.

The horse is going to make the decision, he said. We want her to do well and be safe and be happy, but we also want to see how much shes got in her tank.

Smith made it clear where he stands on the choice of her next race.

She can run with anyone, anytime, anywhere, he said. She has an amazing turn of foot, one that Ive never seen before. I just have so much confidence in her. Today she had 10 gears and she only had to use four of them. She really loves this track.

Personal Ensign beat the boys in the 1988 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, then ended her career by defeating Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors by a nose in the BC Distaff that year.

To be in the same ledger as she is, its just awesome, Jerry Moss said.

Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird played second fiddle to Zenyatta. He is winless in four starts since his stunning 50-1 upset on the first Saturday in May.

Britain-bred Gitano Hernando won the 1 1-8-mile Goodwood by a neck, earning an automatic berth in the BC Classic.

Ridden by Kieren Fallon, Gitano Hernando covered the distance in 1:48.39 and paid $38, $14.40 and $9.40. The winner arrived from Europe with a 2-for-2 record on synthetic surfaces.

Trainer Chip Woolley Jr. thought the distance might have been too short for Mine That Birds liking. He hadnt raced since finishing third in the West Virginia Derby on Aug. 1.

If we could have went another eighth of a mile it would have been a different story, he said. Im kind of disappointed. The horse shows up every time and runs the best he can run. The 10 weeks probably wasnt doing us any favors. Its a long time off.

Wagering favorite Colonel John, the 2008 Santa Anita Derby winner, returned $4.40 and $3.20, while Richards Kid, the Pacific Classic winner, was another three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $4.40 to show.

Mine That Bird again failed to fire on Santa Anitas synthetic Pro-Ride surface in his second start on it. The 3-year-old gelding was last among 12 horses in the Breeders Cup Juvenile nearly a year ago, giving no hint of what was to come at Churchill Downs in May.

He was struggling over the track a little bit, jockey Calvin Borel said. I do know one thing. Hes a lot better horse on the dirt. When you ask him here, he goes to struggling instead of just running.

The Derby is Mine That Birds only win in seven starts this year.

Woolley said his horses finish didnt dim his enthusiasm for possibly starting Mine That Bird in the BC Classic.

Also Saturday, Magical Fantasy took the lead in mid-stretch and went on to win the $300,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes by a half-length.

Ridden by Alex Solis, the 4-year-old chestnut filly was timed in 1:59.59 for 1 miles on the turf and paid $4.40 to win. She earned a berth in the $2 million BC Filly Turf.

Britain-bred Visit was second and New Zealand-bred Black Mamba third.

In the $150,000 Oak Tree Mile, Cowboy Cal held off Global Hunter to win by three-quarters of a length.

Cowboy Cal ran the distance on the turf in 1:33.12 and paid $5.20 to win. The victory ensured a spot in the BC Mile for Cowboy Cal, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Garrett Gomez.

Homeboykris and Devil May Care pulled off upsets Saturday in a pair of $400,000 Grade 1 stakes for 2-year-olds at Belmont Park.

Homeboykris, making his first start for trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr., bounded to a 1 1/2 -length win in the Champagne over Discreetly Mine. The gelding, now 2-for-3, earned a spot in the Breeders Cup Juvenile on Nov. 7 at Santa Anita with the victory.

Dutrow was ambivalent about a trip to California.
Id rather sit back and run him at Aqueduct, said Dutrow, pointing to the Remsen Stakes on Nov. 28. If the owners want to put up the money and go to the Breeders Cup, Id be OK with that.

Ridden by Edgar Prado, Homeboykris paid $13.20 to win, running the mile in 1:35.12.

Dublin was the shocker in the Champagne. The 3-5 favorite following an impressive win in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, Dublin never made a serious run as a dull fifth.

He didnt seem like he was handling it that well, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said of the Belmont strip. He just didnt get into it as much as he normally does.

In the Frizette for fillies, Devil May Care remained unbeaten in two starts, holding off even-money favorite Awesome Maria by a head.

The win had trainer Todd Pletcher considering the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies.

It was a big effort, Pletcher said. The question about the Breeders Cup is how she will transfer her form from dirt to a synthetic surface. She certainly ran well enough. She was very professional for a second-time starter.

Devil May Care paid $12.80 to win, getting the mile in 1:35.07 with John Velazquez aboard.

Pletcher and Prado each got a second Grade 1 stakes on the card as Take the Points held off Straight Story by a head in the $300,000 Jamaica Handicap for 3-year-olds on the turf.

Take the Points, who is not eligible to the Breeders Cup, ran the 1 1-8 miles in 1:48.51 on the firm course, paying $7.40 to win.