Twenty-one horses have stood their ground for the Dubai Champion Stakes at Newmarket on October 17th.

And there looks likely to be an international presence in the £400,000 contest with six of the entries coming from outside of Britain.

Aidan O'Brien has left Second Empire and Kitza in the race and Tommy Stack's Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Tarascon completes the trio from Ireland.

The Andre Fabre-trained pair Limpid and Xaar also appear in the list, alongside that of Pascal Bary's Croco Rouge.

The Group One prize is sponsored by the Maktoum Family - and they will be keen to win back some of their own money with Daylami, one of the three Godolphin-owned performers left in the contest.

Happy Valentine and Almutawakel make up the trio.

The race is the feature contest on "Champions Day" - a card which also features the Tote Cesarewitch, the Saudi Arabian Airlines Dewhurst Stakes and the Compass Group Challenge Stakes.

There are also 32 juveniles left in the Dewhurst after the latest forfeit stage.