Joseph O’Brien takes the ride on Maybe in the Investec Oaks on Friday for the first leg of what could be a famous Classic double for the young rider at Epsom.

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.

Naqshabban puts his unbeaten record on the line as he aims to seal a Royal Ascot place with an eye-catching run in the Novase Bloodstock Insurance Fairway Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

Elas Diamond will not run in the Investec Oaks after suffering a setback in training.

JIM BOLGER will wait until tomorrow morning before deciding on his plans for Saturday’s Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.

Eleanora Duse emerged a most appropriate winner of the Lord Weinstock Memorial Stakes at Newbury today in the colours of the race sponsors Ballymacoll Stud.

AIDAN O’BRIEN finalised his Investec Derby plans yesterday and will take a team of three to Epsom.

Henry Cecil’s strongly-fancied duo Aviate and Timepiece feature among a final field of 15 runners in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

IN-FORM jockey Kieren Fallon is looking forward to the Investec Derby meeting having picked up a lively spare ride in the Oaks on Friday.

Aviate’s victory in the Musidora Stakes at York this week appears to have shot her to the head of Henry Cecil’s impressive squad for the Investec Oaks.

May Hill Stakes winner Pollenator has wintered well at Richard Hannon’s yard but a definite decision has still to be made whether she will start her campaign in the StanJames.com 1000 Guineas.

JOHNNY Murtagh is set to ride Rip Van Winkle in Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

Three Moons has been ruled out of the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday after suffering a setback.

Leocorno, a leading fancy for the Investec Oaks, is to miss the Epsom Classic on Friday week.

It will probably be Royal Ascot rather than Epsom next for the Queen's Enticement after her third-place finish at York last week.

Connections of Pollen are looking to step the filly up in class after she finished with a rattle to land the Keatley Groundcare Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh.

Jim Bolger admits conditions at Leopardstown are unlikely to be ideal for Lush Lashes when she lines up in the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes tomorrow.

AIDAN O’BRIEN and Johnny Murtagh rely on Halfway To Heaven as they bid to add to their Group One successes in this afternoon’s Blue Square Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.

Aidan O’Brien goes for his 17th Group One win of the season when Halfway To Heaven faces nine rivals in the Blue Square Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday.

PAT Smullen believes Chinese White deserves her place in the line-up for Friday’s Juddmonte Oaks at Epsom and admits he would “not swap her for anything”.

Ante-post favourite Lush Lashes heads a list of 18 fillies left in the Juddmonte Oaks at the confirmation stage.

New Approach has emerged from his Irish 2000 Guineas reverse in good shape, according to trainer Jim Bolger.

New Approach has emerged from his Irish 2000 Guineas reverse in good shape, according to trainer Jim Bolger.

Henry Cecil’s Passage Of Time appears poised to miss the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in favour of a tilt at the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf on October 27.

Charity was the order of the afternoon on Variety Club day at Sandown and Raven’s Pass was all heart as he demolished the field in the Iveco Solario Stakes to propel himself to the head of the ante-post 2000 Guineas markets.

Alex Pantall believes he has the right combination of a progressive filly and an in-form jockey in the shape of West Wind and Frankie Dettori for the Prix de Diane Hermes at Chantilly on Sunday.

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.

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.

Passage Of Time, ante-post favourite for the Vodafone Oaks, has been found to be suffering from a throat problem.

Measured Tempo may bypass the Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday in preference to an engagement at Newbury two days later.

Alexandrova is a red-hot favourite to make it a hat-trick of big-race wins in tomorrow’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.

ALEXANDROVA could be the one to beat in the Vodafone Oaks on Friday, according to her jockey Kieren Fallon.

Peter Chapple-Hyam’s lightly-raced Play Me could make a belated return to action in Saturday’s Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes at Newmarket.

Michael Hills believes Maids Causeway has improved for her second place in the 1000 Guineas but is not sure whether his mount will be able to reverse placings with Virginia Waters at the Curragh on Sunday.

Godolphin confirmed today that Frankie Dettori will leave it until the last possible moment before committing himself to one of the Dubai outfit’s two fillies in the Vodafone Oaks.

A total of 15 fillies will go to post for Friday’s Group One Vodafone Oaks at Epsom after only two withdrawals at today’s final declarations stage, leaving a list headed by Aidan O’Brien’s ante-post favourite and Entenmann’s Irish 1000 Guineas winner Yesterday.

Irish 1000 Guineas winner Gossamer is among 48 entries for the Group Two Victor Chandler Challenge Stakes at Newmarket on October 19.

Conditions are described as "just right" at York as the three-day Dante