Ryan Moore set a new best last season when becoming the first rider since the war to record nine winners during Royal Ascot and has high hopes of another successful week.

“The faster the ground the better” is how Harry Dunlop views Early Morning’s chance in the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot.

Pallasator emerged a worthy winner of a tactical renewal of the Group Three BetVictor Henry II Stakes at Sandown yesterday.

Dermot Weld’s Postulation faces eight rivals in the Belmont Derby over a mile and a quarter at the New York track tomorrow.

Golden Horn is likely to be long odds-on for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday after just five horses were left in the mile-and-a-quarter showpiece at the five-day stage.

The Juddmonte International and the Irish Champion Stakes are the next races being considered for Royal Ascot hero Free Eagle.

Forgotten Rules is set to be prepared for the Irish St Leger following his admirable effort in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

You’d imagine that just about anything is now possible as far as Dermot Weld’s Free Eagle is concerned for the rest of the season.

Pat Smullen could not be happier with Free Eagle ahead of today’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes despite it being his first outing of the year.

I’ve been to the Melbourne Cup, Breeders’ Cup, Hong Kong International Races and Dubai Carnival — all fantastic festivals in their own right — but none of them top Royal Ascot.

SOLOW (Queen Anne Stakes, Tuesday)

Godolphin have snapped up Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Pleascach and she will carry their colours when she runs in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

Free Eagle is scheduled for a workout before Dermot Weld formulates plans for the exciting four-year-old’s return to the track.

Cirrus Des Aigles is unlikely to defend his crown in the Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom after breaking a shoe at Longchamp on Sunday.

Multiple Group One winner Al Kazeem could make his seasonal reappearance in France in early April.

Treve’s already perilous grip on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favouritism was firmly loosened at Longchamp yesterday as Criquette Head-Maarek’s star could finish only fourth in the Prix Vermeille.

A new chapter begins with an old associate for Treve tomorrow as she makes her comeback under Thierry Jarnet in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp.

Mukhadram’s connections are to give the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes serious consideration after the five-year-old gained a first Group One success in the Coral-Eclipse.

John Gosden is under no illusions about the task facing The Fugue as she aims to follow up last month’s Royal Ascot triumph in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown today.

Dual Galway Festival winner Rebel Fitz is likely to miss this year’s meeting after suffering a minor setback.

Bookmakers were left reeling after day one of Royal Ascot as brilliant milers Toronado (pictured) and Kingman led the way for punters.

Bookmakers will be shouting for a couple of shock results on the first day of Royal Ascot to kick-start what promises to be the biggest betting week of the summer.

Australia and Taghrooda are the headline names in 35 entries for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 26.

Cirrus Des Aigles turned in a masterclass from the front to gamely account for Olympic Glory in the Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp yesterday.

Frankie Dettori believes unbeaten Arc heroine Treve may have improved again over the winter.

Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles has finally reached his peak for the campaign as he looks to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles has finally reached his peak for the campaign as he looks to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Camelot could use the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week as a springboard towards the Breeders’ Cup meeting in November.

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.

Ground conditions at Leopardstown could lead to Yorkshire Oaks heroine The Fugue taking her chance in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday.

James Doyle spoke of his “great honour” at being appointed retained jockey for Khalid Abdullah’s UK-trained horses as he prepares to kick off the new association aboard 2000 Guineas favourite Kingman at Sandown tomorrow.

Trips to Paris and California are on the agenda for The Fugue after she bounced back to her brilliant best in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks yesterday.

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.

Al Kazeem landed his third Group One success of the season when digging deep to claim the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

Declaration Of War will join stablemate Mars in tomorrow’s Group 1 showpiece, the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown, after a final field of seven was unveiled.

Declaration Of War has jumped to a prominent position in the betting for Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown after owners Coolmore suggested the colt was a “possible” runner.

Frankie Dettori has been appointed as the new retained rider for leading owner Sheikh Joaan Al Thani.

Leading Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby contender Sugar Boy has been sold to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

Epsom hero Ruler Of The World will be Aidan O’Brien’s big hope for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 29.