Derby-winning jockey Pat Smullen could come in for the ride on leading Coral-Eclipse contender Time Test should his regular partner Ryan Moore be required by Aidan O’Brien.

Multiple Classic-winning trainer Clive Brittain has announced his intention to retire at the end of the season.

Arguably, the three most useful words in a sports fans vocabulary are ‘THE – YEAR — OF.’

Cougar Mountain benefited from a drop in class when winning the Invesco Pension Consultants Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown last night.

Richard Hughes might be retiring at the end of Glorious Goodwood but that thought could not be further away from Frankie Dettori’s mind as he racked up another Group-race success in the Qatar Vintage Stakes on Galileo Gold.

New Bay finished with a flourish to provide Andre Fabre with a fourth victory in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly yesterday.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien has confirmed Ladbrokes St Leger hero Leading Light will be supplemented for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Aidan O’Brien has no ground concerns as Declaration Of War attempts to reverse Eclipse Stakes placings with Al Kazeem in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York this afternoon.

Bill Mott managed to win the first ever Dubai World Cup but he still has a little unfinished business with the richest horse race on the planet.

Elusive Kate gave jockey William Buick and trainer John Gosden yet another Group One winner in a golden summer after making all the running in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville today.

A £1m carrot is being dangled by the sponsors of the Qipco Sussex Stakes in an attempt to make a showdown between Frankel and Black Caviar at Glorious Goodwood a reality.

Henry Cecil does not have the Breeders’ Cup in the forefront of his mind as a way for Frankel to end his career.

So You Think and Aidan O’Brien’s large contingent of Dubai runners have arrived safely in the Gulf ahead of Saturday’s World Cup meeting.

SEAMIE Heffernan has been studying old renewals of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in an attempt to plot the best path to success on So You Think at Longchamp on Sunday.

Henry Cecil expects Twice Over to be seen in his true light in the Sky Bet York Stakes today.

AIDAN O’BRIEN bids to round his Royal Ascot off with another big winner when the potentially high-class Await The Dawn tackles the Hardwicke Stakes.

SO YOU THINK takes centre stage on day two of Royal Ascot as the Australian import bids to further enhance his massive reputation in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

Sadler’s Wells died yesterday evening, aged 30.

LEGENDARY sire Sadler’s Wells died last evening, aged 30.

MICHAEL Bell has ruled Sariska out of the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday because the ground is likely to be fast.

DERBY winner Workforce could be even better than last year’s Epsom hero Sea The Stars.

Veteran jockey Mick Kinane has announced his retirement, ending a 34-year career in the saddle.

SEA THE STARS joined the equine greats by becoming the first in history to complete the Guineas-Derby-Arc treble with a stunning victory in the Qatar Prix de’l Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp yesterday.

Mick Kinane believes Sea The Stars is as strong now as he has been at any stage this season as he bids for glory in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Sea The Stars bagged his fifth successive Group One victory as he strolled away with the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Ryan Moore looks increasingly likely to side with Conduit over stablemate Tartan Bearer in Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

John Oxx has made the widely expected decision to miss Saturday week’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Sea The Stars.

Although Henry Cecil has enjoyed a fair share of Group One success during his illustrious career, it has to be said a victory for Phoenix Tower in the Coral-Eclipse would have pleased the masses.

Frankie Dettori has had a change of heart and ’will back up 100%’ whatever decision Peter Chapple-Hyam makes regarding Authorized’s next race.

Regime has been given a clean bill of health after finishing a disappointing 13th in the Vodafone Derby on Saturday.

Brian Meehan has revealed that Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Red Rocks is likely to take in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot before heading to the Coral Eclipse.

THE brilliant Finsceal Beo returned to Cheltenham-type celebrations after winning yesterday’s Boylesports’ Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Multidimensional will be sidelined until September after suffering a setback.

Connections of Irish Derby third Best Alibi expect him to regain the winning thread in tomorrow’s Group Two Skybet York Stakes.

OUIJA BOARD mowed down her rivals in the final half-furlong to win the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Marcus Tregoning has admitted Sir Percy could sidestep possible runs in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes or Budweiser Irish Derby as he continues to recover from his Epsom exertions.

Martin Dwyer is confident Vodafone Derby hero Sir Percy will handle the different demands of the Coral-Eclipse Stakes if he heads to Sandown for his next start.

Marcus Tregoning is to keep his options open before committing 2000 Guineas runner-up Sir Percy to the Vodafone Derby.

GEORGE WASHINGTON could take his chance in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 8 as he appears as one of a massive entry of 17 from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard.

Warrsan showed he is on course for a third crack at the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes later this month by pleasing connections in a searching racecourse gallop today.

Trainer Michael Bell reports Motivator to have worked “extremely well” today ahead of his return to action in next weekend’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes.

SHAMARDAL lit up a grey first day at York’s relocated Royal Ascot meeting as he unleashed a devastating display to win the St James’s Palace Stakes.

MICHAEL BELL is considering the Coral-Eclipse as well as the Budweiser Irish Derby for Motivator after the colt’s runaway success in the Vodafone Derby.