Dorcas Lane is on course to continue her surprisingly promising season in Royal Ascot’s Ribblesdale Stakes.

Today’s Hampton Court Stakes at Ascot represents a significant lowering of his sights for Fencing Master but the horse once fancied for the Newmarket 2000 Guineas has quite a lot to prove after a particularly disappointing effort in the Irish 2000 Guineas last time out.

Reverence (5-1) earned a crack at the Prix de l’Abbaye when showing he was no back number at the age of eight with victory in the Grenzen Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.

Jim Bolger’s Cuis Ghaire is among 21 possibles for the Boylesports.com Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh on Sunday as she bids to go one place better than her second place finish in the English equivalent.

Cockney Rebel followed up his Newmarket Guineas win with another Classic success in the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Jeremy Noseda’s Irish 2000 Guineas winner Araafa heads a field of 15 at the five-day stage for the St James’s Palace Stakes on the first day of Royal Ascot.

TOP trainers Aidan O'Brien, Dermot Weld, Jim Bolger and John Oxx were in Dublin yesterday to outline plans for their leading horses.

Azamour could be a force to be reckoned with in the big 10-furlong races in the rest of the season after a superb victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Azamour made up for two Classic defeats with victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Godolphin’s leading Vodafone Oaks contender Hi Dubai remains on course for Epsom despite suffering a defeat at Longchamp on Sunday.