Aidan O’Brien is hoping Magic Wand can shed her maiden tag in the Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks at Chester today.

Reigning champion jockey Richard Hughes has accumulated a host of top-flight European races during his career but finally corrected one glaring omission as Sky Lantern provided his first British classic in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien’s Moth looked an incredibly exciting filly at the Curragh on her reappearance and, on the strength of the performance, connections decided to spend the £30,000 to supplement the filly for tomorrow’s Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Winning Express bids to quell some stamina doubts when she steps up to seven furlongs for the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket today.

Kieren Fallon will be back in action for the big meeting at Newmarket on Wednesday, despite suffering food poisoning over the weekend.

Aidan O’Brien has any amount of fillies to choose from for the Oaks and Twirl can add her name to the list with victory in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York today.

John Gosden’s 1000 Guineas fourth The Fugue faces five rivals in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday.

Eve Johnson Houghton just about held herself together after The Cheka provided the trainer with her first Group-race win in the Timeform Jury Stakes at Haydock.

RICHARD Fahey’s Barefoot Lady could prove to be a value alternative in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York this afternoon.

FRANKEL will face a maximum of 14 rivals, headed by Jessica Harrington’s Pathfork in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Richard Hughes closed the gap on leading jockey Paul Hanagan to just four today as Sweet Cecily's success in the EBF Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes kick-started a Newmarket double for the rider.

MALE and female, the Classic generation’s milers are the most difficult groups to get a handle on and it’s not certain that this weekend’s Guineas at the Curragh will make the picture all that much clearer. In today’s colts’ Classic, the talent is all at the top of the market but there are enough doubts about Canford Cliffs’ stamina and Steinbeck’s readiness to advise a watching brief.

Kieren Fallon should be freed up to ride Blue Maiden in Sunday’s Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas.

Mick Channon’s Music Show and Jim Bolger’s Gile Na Greine are the headline acts among 20 fillies left in Sunday’s Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

FRANKIE Dettori treated Chester racegoers to a flying dismount yesterday after boosting the prospects of his probable Investec Derby mount, Chabal, with victory aboard Azmeel in the Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes.

Frankie Dettori treated Chester racegoers to a flying dismount after boosting the prospects of his probable Investec Derby mount, Chabal, with victory aboard Azmeel in the Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes.

THERE’S plenty of potential for a real upset in tomorrow’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket with the possibility of rain casting an even longer shadow over Special Duty’s ability to see out the one mile trip.

SETA’S trainer Luca Cumani admits it is anyone’s guess whether his filly will be the one to emerge triumphant in Sunday’s StanJames.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

BALLYDOYLE, who are usually mob-handed in the Classics, will rely solely on Devoted To You in Sunday’s StanJames.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

CRIQUETTE Head-Maarek has admitted to having stamina doubts ahead of Special Duty’s run in Sunday’s StanJames.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

KIEREN Fallon’s decision to ride Seta in the StanJames.com 1000 Guineas was a consequence of her sparkling home-work.

Homebound continued the fantastic run of form for Jean-Claude Rouget and Christophe Lemaire by taking the Prix de Sandringham at Chantilly today.

SEAMIE HEFFERNAN believes Fame And Glory could be in the same class as his other previous Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial winners.

SILVER Frost ran out an impressive winner of the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) at Longchamp yesterday.

JIMMY FORTUNE believes very fast ground would be the main problem posed to red-hot favourite Rainbow View in tomorrow’s stanjames.com 1000 Guineas.

INFALLIBLE can prove the star turn on day one of Glorious Goodwood by winning the Betfair Cup.

Supporters of leading stanjamesuk.com 1000 Guineas hope Spacious received a boost after her galloping companion Cesare recorded back-to-back wins in the Britain’s Got Talent Paradise Stakes at Ascot.

Fresh from finishing third in the National Hunt trainers’ championship, Alan King sent out his first Group winner on the level as Shipmaster landed the Woodcote Stud Sagaro Stakes at Ascot.

FRENCH raider Natagora and impressive Nell Gwyn victor Infallible dominate the list of 18 fillies left in the stanjamesuk.com 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday after yesterday’s five-day stage.

GODOLPHIN hope to have two runners in the stanjamesuk.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday but are in no hurry to decide which of their three possibles will represent them.

Muthabara, the subject of ante-post support in recent weeks for the stanjamesuk.com 1000 Guineas, was trimmed further in the betting after securing a key trial at Newbury.

Connections of Spinning Lucy feel she should be suited to the seven-furlong trip of the Leslie Harrison Memorial Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday.

Eric Alston believes Quiet Elegance deserves the chance to step up to Pattern company at Newmarket on Wednesday.

John Gosden will saddle leading stanjamesuk.com 2000 Guineas candidate Raven’s Pass – the horse he describes as “the best chance I have had in the race” – in a trial at Newmarket or Newbury next week.

Barry Hills is looking to get some of his Classic hopes back on the racecourse next week.

Jupiter Pluvius, Aidan O’Brien’s leading candidate for the Stan James 2000 Guineas, pleased the Ballydoyle handler when working this morning.

Marco Botti is hoping Raymi Coya can develop into a Classic contender this term.

Finsceal Beo heads a high-class field of 13 in Friday’s Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Bookmakers believe Henry Cecil has a tremendous chance of taking his Vodafone Oaks tally to eight with victory by one of his two fillies.

Henry Cecil will be double-handed with Passage Of Time and Light Shift as he seeks an eighth victory in the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

The chances of Frankie Dettori riding an historic Classic double at Epsom this weekend have suffered a setback after it was revealed that Measured Tempo has an abscess on her foot.

Henry Cecil’s Musidora Stakes heroine Passage Of Time heads 18 fillies who remain at the second forfeit stage for the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom on June 1.

Thiella features among 12 hopefuls set to go to post for the Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday.

John Dunlop is hoping Scarlet Runner can confirm the form of her Nell Gwyn success and deal with the threat of ante-post favourite Finsceal Beo.

Michael Stoute hopes Kaseema can build on a pleasing run in the Nell Gwyn when she lines up in the Stan James 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday.

Frankie Dettori was pleased with Sander Camillo’s work-out on Wednesday morning ahead of the Stan James 1000 Guineas.

In-form rider Kerrin McEvoy seemingly has few peers at present and is looking forward to what could be a career-defining 48 hours at Newmarket this weekend.

Jeremy Noseda is considering giving his Stan James 1000 Guineas favourite Sander Camillo a preparatory outing in the Shadwell Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket in two weeks’ time.

Newmarket expect to offer record prize money of £7.4m (€11m) during the 2007 season after re-jigging their traditional racing calendar.