Decorated Knight is taken to upstage fellow European raiders Highland Reel and take the Breeders' Cup Turf honours at Del Mar on Saturday.
The five-year-old has already prized away two Group Ones in Ireland from the clutches of Aidan O'Brien, but both the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Irish Champion Stakes were over a mile and a quarter.
While a mile and a half is unknown territory to this son of Galileo, he has every chance of getting the trip on the tight Californian circuit and he will relish the fast underfoot conditions.
His trainer Roger Charlton has never been one to come across as over enthusiastic about his runners in big races, but he has the knack of producing them right on the big day as illustrated by the facile victory of the well-backed Withhold in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last month.
The Europeans have a solid percentage chance of bagging the Filly & Mare Turf, won last year in dramatic style by Queen's Trust.
However, Sir Michael Stoute's charge has been largely out of sorts this year and preference is for Wuheida, who has looked sharp in training for trainer Charlie Appleby and owners Godolphin.
In the Breeders' Cup Mile, Ribchester might struggle from a wide post and preference is for Midnight Storm.
Third in the race last year, the Tyler Baze-ridden gelding loves Del Mar and has the rail to attack from.
He is a big double-figure price in the UK book and represents excellent each-way value.
It will take a bold man to oppose Wesley Ward's Lady Aurelia in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
Having lost no caste in defeat in the Nunthorpe, this freakish speedball can show her true mettle back on one of her old stamping grounds.
Drefong is blessed with similarly devastating speed that can carry him to back-to-back victories in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Bob Baffert has no doubt that his four-year-old is the best sprinter in America, who warmed up for this with an impressive victory in the Forego.
Baffert can have a say in the Breeders' Cup Classic with West Coast, who is perhaps the most likely of the market leaders to run his race.
Arrogate is the obvious Baffert standard bearer from a four-strong team, but West Coast has won his last five starts and seems sure to run well with a place finish almost guaranteed.
Sporting Life suggestions:
Turf Sprint (7.37) - Lady Aurelia
Filly & Mare Turf (9.00) - Wuheida (ew)
Sprint (9.37) - Drefong
Mile (10.19) - Midnight Storm (ew)
Turf (11.37) - DECORATED KNIGHT (NAP)
Classic (12.35) - West Coast (next best)
