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Al Hudaiba secured a first top-level win and punched his Breeders’ Cup ticket as he defied some wayward tendencies close home to take the Summer Stakes at Woodbine, Canada, on Saturday, 12 September. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt had already shown signs of inexperience in his five UK appearances, including unshipping his jockey at Yarmouth and ducking in behind a rival before winning the G2 Superlative Stakes.

Notable Speech became only the second horse to win back-to-back renewals of the Woodbine Mile as the Godolphin star secured a seventh G1 success with another assured display in Canada on Saturday, 12 September. America’s reigning Champion Male Turf Horse had powered home to take the Woodbine feature 12 months ago before going on to glory in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile and the Dubawi entire returned on the back of G1 wins this term in the Lockinge Stakes and City Of York Stakes.

Al Hudaiba’s success in the Summer Stakes at Woodbine, Canada, on Saturday, 12 September brought up a landmark 100th G1 victory for Charlie Appleby. Since being granted a licence in July, 2013, the Moulton Paddocks trainer has enjoyed outstanding success throughout the world, with top-level wins in nine countries including Classic success in the UK, Ireland and France.

Quest For Stars acquitted himself well on his first top-level appearance with a battling third in the G1 Golden Fleece Stakes at Leopardstown, Ireland, on Saturday, 12 September. Stepping up to nine furlongs on the back of a game win in Salisbury’s Listed Stonehenge Stakes, the Charlie Appleby-trained juvenile was a little awkward leaving the stalls and disputed fifth on the outside of the nine-strong field.

Desert Castle strengthened his position as the leading contender for next year’s 2,000 Guineas with another deeply impressive victory in the G2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, UK, on Saturday, 12 September. The full-brother to Dream Castle had created a striking impression on his debut for Charlie Appleby at Newmarket in August, when he stormed clear to score by three and a half lengths despite showing signs of rawness.

Arabian Crown picked up a third G3 victory as he made every yard in the G3 Kilternan Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday, 12 September. The Charlie Appleby-trained five-year-old, successful in the G3 Zetland Stakes at two and G3 Classic Trial at three, was seeking a first win of 2026 but headed to Ireland on the back of a close second to Rebel’s Romance in July’s G2 Princess Of Wales’s Stakes.

Impressive first-time-out winner Desert Castle aims to match both his parents with victory at Doncaster’s St Leger meeting when he tackles the G2 Champagne Stakes on Saturday, 12 September. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt’s dam Sand Vixen provided Dubawi with a first Group-race success in the 2009 G2 Flying Childers Stakes, while his sire Frankel won a conditions race at the fixture the following season.

Progressive colt Quest For Stars aims to remain unbeaten as he steps up in class and trip for Europe’s newest G1 contest, the Golden Fleece Stakes, at Leopardstown, Ireland, on Saturday, 12 September. The son of Sea The Stars stretches out to nine furlongs for his first Group-race appearance on the back of three wins in the UK, including rallying gamely to prevail by a neck in Salisbury’s Listed Stonehenge Stakes.

Notable Speech goes for back-to-back victories in the G1 Woodbine Mile as he takes on top US miler Deterministic in a blockbuster clash on Saturday, 12 September, with Diamond Rain and Al Hudaiba also seeking G1 prizes on the same Woodbine card. Future Darley stallion Notable Speech flashed home following a slow start to take last year’s race, which was run on the inner turf course, before going on to post another exhilarating win in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar.

Scents Blood hopes for another strong performance at Hanshin, Japan, in the G3 Challenge Cup on Saturday, 12 September. The Rulership colt was runner-up on his only previous course appearance in December’s G3 Naruo Kinen, having also finished second in the G3 Radio Nikkei Sho at Fukushima earlier in the season.