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.

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.

Cirrus Des Aigles continued his worrying decline with yet another defeat at Deauville yesterday.

Hot favourite Animal Kingdom will face a maximum of 14 rivals in Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes, the opening event of Royal Ascot.

Excellent Guest is set to have another crack at the Royal Hunt Cup following his victory in the Victoria Cup at Ascot yesterday.

Little is given away by the Coolmore camp but the hints were there that Magician could well be the superior of their two Chester Derby trial winners this week.

William Haggas is making no secret of the regard in which he holds Betfred Cambridgeshire ante-post favourite Mukhadram ahead of his date with destiny.

Hayley Moore demonstrated her class as a rider and upheld family honour to win Ascot's Longines Handicap for the second year in a row.

A turn-up in the Darley July Cup had looked a distinct possibility and it was supplied by 20-1 shot Mayson as he led for virtually all the six furlongs at a saturated Newmarket.

George Margarson is concerned the ground might be too soft for Excellent Guest in his bid to go one better in the 32Red Bunbury Cup at Newmarket today.

Alan McCabe continues to be peeved by Caspar Netscher's underdog status, but the Nottinghamshire trainer can have another attempt at confounding the experts in the Qipco 2000 Guineas after the colt came out on top in Newbury's Aon Greenham Stakes this afternoon.

WALTER SWINBURN is to quit the training ranks on October 31.

Walter Swinburn is to quit the training ranks on October 31.

Dance And Dance heads the weights for the totesport Mile at Goodwood on Friday.

ED Vaughan would not be keen on running Dance And Dance in the totesport Mile and Glorious Goodwood if he were to be saddled with top weight.

It would be easy to envisage Richard Hannon’s link with the Coolmore empire growing stronger after an emphatic Salisbury victory for Pink Sapphire.

Ed Vaughan was left rueing his luck after Dance And Dance was narrowly denied in the Royal Hunt Cup last week.

JOHNNY MURTAGH showed his style at Royal Ascot when Frederick Engels landed a bit of a touch to provide trainer David Brown with his first winner at the Royal meeting in the Windsor Castle Stakes.

Green Destiny, one of the leading contenders for tomorrow’s Royal Hunt Cup, is set to miss the mile handicap.

The opening race on totesport Dante day at York saw a local winner as Mick Easterby's Ancient Cross landed the totepool Stakes.

Sweet Lightning could try to land a second big handicap over a mile following his convincing victory in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster on Saturday.

Punters placed their faith in the rock-solid combination of Frankie Dettori and Mark Johnston as St Moritz became the first successful favourite in the 32Red Trophy at Newmarket since 2003.

RYAN Moore displayed characteristic ruthlessness in two of Royal Ascot’s second-day Group races to prove the difference between victory and defeat in the Jersey and Windsor Forest Stakes.

Ed Dunlop’s Fareer will be bidding for a Royal Ascot double in tomorrow’s Royal Hunt Cup.

Last year's winner Forgotten Voice heads 56 horses confirmed for the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

JEREMY NOSEDA is lining up a team of five for the Dubai Carnival, headed by classy sprinter Strike The Deal.

Jim Goldie admits it is unlikely that he will ask his stable star Nanton to take in both legs of the Autumn Double.

Paul Dixon, president of the Racehorse Owners Association president and the Horsemen’s Group chairman, has called for an inquiry into the Royal Hunt Cup start which led to three horses being withdrawn.

Bookmakers continue to count the cost of Royal Ascot despite making a bright start to day two.

AMERICAN Wesley Ward struck for the second successive afternoon, this time in the Queen Mary with Jealous Again at Royal Ascot yesterday.

RICHARD Hughes remains the bookies’ favourite to end Royal Ascot 2009 as the leading rider – despite Johnny Murtagh drawing level on the second day of the meeting.

The consistent Mia’s Boy will bid for the big victory he deserves in the Royal Hunt Cup on Wednesday.

Forgotten Voice served notice that he could be one of Jeremy Noseda's major players at Royal Ascot when preserving his unbeaten record under Shane Kelly in the williamhill.com - Choosing Chelsea? Jubilee Handicap at Kempton today.

Cesare faces the potential twin Group One challenge of Ramonti and Archipenko if he is to retain Saturday’s Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.

Luca Cumani is currently admitting defeat to the programme book as he looks for a race for the highly-progressive Bankable.

LUCA Cumani admits it is hard to see how red-hot Royal Hunt Cup favourite Bankable can be beaten if the formbook proves to be a reliable guide at Royal Ascot today.

KIEREN Fallon expects his old partner Yeats to bag an historic treble in Thursday’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Roger Charlton has suffered a double setback just days before Royal Ascot comes under starter's orders as both Cactus Rose and Genki will miss the meeting.

Royal Hunt Cup favourite Bankable was given a boost without even leaving his stable as Lady Gloria made all in the Group Three Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Epsom.

Bankable sailed across the line in the On The House Stakes at Goodwood to earn a quote of just 2-1 with Coral for the Royal Hunt Cup on the second day of Royal Ascot.

Olympian Odyssey will attempt to give Godolphin their third successive victory in the totesport.com Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury on Thursday.

Protector, ninth in the Stewards’ Cup, has joined Alain de Royer-Dupre’s yard to embark upon a stint in France.