RACING: Aidan O'Brien has a team of five to pick from in Saturday's Criterium International at St Cloud but his overseas raids in November may not be confined to just juveniles.

The Ballydoyle trainer has already indicated the possibility of sending Hold That Tiger to Japan for what would most likely be a career finale for the enigmatic colt.

Hold That Tiger, fifth in last weekend's Breeders' Cup Classic, is on the reserve list for the Japan Cup (November 30th) but is guaranteed a run in the Japan Cup Dirt which is run the day before.

The Storm Cat colt's last two starts have been on dirt and he also put in a fine effort on the surface when third in last year's Juvenile at the Breeders' Cup.

The fall-out from his year's renewal at Santa Anita continues with High Chaparral a major contender again to be named the Champion Male Turf Horse at the prestigious Eclipse awards.

The O'Brien horse, now retired to Coolmore Stud, won the award last year off just one run in the US and could repeat the feat despite dead-heating with Johar on Saturday.

O'Brien's immediate concern, however, will be Saturday's Group One in France. He trained Chevalier to be a neck runner-up to Dalakhani in last year's renewal of the Group One mile event and yesterday left in five entries.

They are headed by Mikado, a late withdrawal from Saturday's Racing Post Trophy who won on his second start at Leopardstown on Tuesday. O'Brien can also pick from King Hesperus, the Royal Lodge runner up Moscow Ballet and Acropolis who won at Galway last month.

Only One Cool Cat in the National Stakes and the Phoenix Stakes has hit the Group One mark among the Ballydoyle juvenile colts this season but there is still time to change that statistic.

Another Group One pot will be run in France after Saturday, the Criterium de St Cloud over 10 furlongs on Saturday week. That has provided considerable success for O'Brien recently with Ballingarry successful in 2001 and Alberto Giacometti last season.