High Chaparral, winner of the 2002 Derby, has been put down at Fethard Equine Hospital, aged 15.

Australia has to do more than just win the Epsom Derby on June 7, he has to virtually bolt in if Aidan O’Brien’s blushes are to be saved.

With ground conditions extremely testing at yesterday’s Doneraile Hunt point-to-point meeting at Dromahane, it was a case of the best wine being left until last as the Mark Spillane-trained Lanespark cemented his position as one of the best front-runners, participating in points, at present by recording a pillar-to-post success in the closing novice riders’ open.

HANDS clasped tightly, resting uneasy on his knees, mouth tight-lipped, downturned, and eyes unfocused, gazing into oblivion.

BANNA BOIRCHE proved his liking for Dundalk and moved closer to an invitation to the Dubai Carnival when landing the seven-furlong bookings@dundalkstadium.com last night.

RONNIE O’LEARY’S Schelm outclassed his rivals to easily win the featured J and B O’Sullivan Builders’ Ltd Chase at Killarney last night.

The cabinet reshuffle didn’t please most people but the one good thing to come out of it was that racing has gone back into the Department of Agriculture from Sport.

ONCE-raced Pirate Ship is the nap choice to give David Wachman his fourth winner of the season in the Brubaker’s Bar Race at Dundalk tonight.

Brian Meehan was out of luck in the Group One Darley Prix Morny but his stable struck just moments earlier as Tadhg O'Shea gained a first Goodwood success aboard Mr Hichens in the South Coast Handicap.

ZULU Chief is expected to prove his star quality in the United Arab Emirates Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh tomorrow.

Johnny Murtagh can do no wrong at present and fresh from picking up the top jockey award at Glorious Goodwood last week he was in treble form at Naas on Monday.

KEYALA has a leading chance of giving David Myerscough and Willie Supple a welcome turn in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Naas tonight.

DBEST can live up to his name by running 13 rivals ragged in the ladbrokes.com Handicap at Down Royal today.

Stubbs Art, third in the English and Irish versions of the 2000 Guineas, will bid to go two places better when he makes an appearance at Royal Ascot next week.

James Fanshawe’s exciting juvenile Sir Gerry remains firmly on course for a shot at the Shadwell Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on October 5.

Michael Stoute’s Peeress will bid for back-to-back victories in Saturday’s Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Holy Roman Emperor and Jim Bolger’s unbeaten Teofilo head a field of 19 for Sunday’s Laing O’Rourke National Stakes at the Curragh.

Aidan O’Brien’s Holy Roman Emperor and Jim Bolger’s unbeaten Teofilo head a field of 19 for Sunday’s Laing O’Rourke National Stakes at the Curragh.

Rumplestiltskin will bid to provide Aidan O’Brien with his fourth victory in the last six years in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Frankie Dettori has pinpointed Centaurus’ performance in Saturday’s Windflower March Stakes as the key factor in whether he will be able to ride Derby winner Motivator at Leopardstown next month.

KIEREN FALLON believes Jimmy Fortune would be his natural successor as stable jockey to Sir Michael Stoute.

DUBAWI produced a breathtaking performance to run away with the Dunnes Stores National Stakes at the Curragh yesterday and evoke memories of his sire, the brilliant but ill-fated Dubai Millennium.

HAWK WING’S exalted position at the head of the International Classifications came under fire as the final ratings were issued in London yesterday.

GROWTH was evident across all aspects of horse racing in Ireland during the past year, with attendances, betting figures and sponsorship all on the increase.

A trio of Aidan O’Brien-trained three-year-olds are to retire to Coolmore Stud to join the already-announced newcomers High Chaparral, Hawk Wing and Choisir.

Two of Godolphin’s star performers, Moon Ballad and Grandera, have been retired from racing and will become stallions in Japan.

Two of Godolphin’s star performers, Moon Ballad and Grandera, have been retired from racing and will become stallions in Japan.

Where Or When, winner of last year’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, has been retired to stud.

WHERE OR WHEN can bounce right back to form in the Group Two Celebration Mile at Goodwood this afternoon.

Enigmatic superstar Hawk Wing has been retired from racing after failing to recover from a leg injury.

Enigmatic superstar Hawk Wing has been retired from racing after failing to recover from a knee ligament injury.

Hawk Wing, brilliant winner of the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on his reappearance, may soon be retired from racing, it emerged today.

Dual Derby winner High Chaparral looks set to make his debut as a four-year-old at the Curragh on Sunday.

KALAMAN and Trade Fair are vying for favouritism for tomorrow’s Group One Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Dubai World Cup winner Moon Ballad is one of 11 horses declared for the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday.

Aidan O’Brien will today attempt to work out the sudden loss of form of Hawk Wing after his star four-year-old performed miserably in Royal Ascot’s Queen Anne Stakes.

DUBAI DESTINATION at last confirmed the promise of his two-year-old days with a superb victory in the Queen Anne Stakes.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has expressed his disappointment after odds-on favourite Hawk Wing limped home in seventh place in the Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot today.

Dubai Destination floored the odds-on Hawk Wing in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

CLODOVIL can be crowned Europe’s champion three-year-old colt over a mile by winning the St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot today.

HAWK WING heads a field 11 declared for the Group One Queen Anne Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot tomorrow.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Statue Of Liberty could make his eagerly-awaited seasonal debut in Wednesday’s Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Hawk Wing has been installed as red hot favourite for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

HAWK WING’S appearance in next week’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot is eagerly awaited following his brilliant win in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes.

Royal Ascot gets underway on Tuesday and the opening Queen Anne Stakes is shaping up into a mouth-watering contest with Saeed bin Suroor looking forward to tackling the mighty Hawk Wing with Dubai Destination.

HAWK WING, brilliant winner of the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury last month, is virtually certain to contest the Queen Anne Stakes, rather than the Prince Of Wales Stakes, at Royal Ascot next week.

Aidan O'Brien's Hawk Wing has been given a rating second only to Dancing Brave in recent times after his performance in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at the weekend.