Popular weighing room figure and well-established UK jockey Pat Cosgrave has left to embark on a new riding career in Saudi Arabia.

Algiers will be held back for an autumn campaign and could be pointed towards the Breeders’ Cup following Saturday’s fine runner-up effort in the Dubai World Cup.

The fourth running of the world’s richest race, the US$20m Saudi Cup (G1) went the way of Japan for the first-time when Panthalassa lead throughout to win and complete another memorable Saudi Cup Meeting for the Japanese raiders by completing a treble and for trainer Yoshito Yahagi a double.

Frankie Dettori has already won one of the world’s most valuable races on Bob Baffert’s Country Grammer and he now has his sights set on another in the Saudi Cup.

Friday and Saturday, King Abdulaziz racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will play host to the world’s richest horserace, the Saudi Cup (G1) worth US$20m. The race is the feature on a sixteen-race two-day fixture with prizemoney totalling US$35.5m.