Aidan O’Brien tossed the toys, at least some of them, out of the cot in Tuesday’s Racing Post.

Here’s a tip for the remaining few weeks of the flat campaign: Keep Aidan O’Brien very much on your side.

Watching Jim Bolger’s Smash Williams streaking away with a Group 3 at the Curragh last Sunday, it struck me that here is a man who hasn’t half stood the test of time.

If the clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles goes ahead at York in the Juddmonte International Stakes next Wednesday it will surely be compulsive viewing, even for those who only have a passing interest in Flat racing.

Recently, in the Racing Post, Tom Segal described Aidan O’Brien as "the best flat trainer in my lifetime.’’

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.

Well, who would have believed it, the German Derby winner rated 2lbs better than the dual winner of the Epsom and Irish Derbies?

I absolutely adore Royal Ascot and am very much looking forward to the next few days.

You’d love to have been sitting behind the Ballydoyle contingent on the plane back from Dubai last weekend.

It would have to be described as one of Jim Bolger’s finest hours. That performance by his Dawn Approach, in the St James’ Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, was quite extraordinary.

I’ve seen just about every top-class flat horse from Nijinsky to Sea The Stars, but after watching Frankel at York on Wednesday I have to put Henry Cecil’s colt up as the greatest of all time.

Grasping a good idea of what the ground might be like at Goodwood is crucial to finding this afternoon’s winners.

THE much-hyped Frankel made it a magnificent seven from seven in the St James’ Palace Stakes at Ascot on Tuesday, but this really was most disappointing.

CANFORD CLIFFS, long the apple of trainer Richard Hannon’s eye, makes his anticipated seasonal return in this afternoon’s Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and, though now in his third year on the track, the Everleigh enthusiasm for the colt is, if anything, on the increase.

THE classy Famous Name can prove too strong for Steinbeck in the Group 3 Jockey Club Of Turkey Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

The Jersey Stakes sets the ball rolling on day two of Royal Ascot and there’s plenty of form in the race which ties in with yesterday’s feature, the St James’ Palace Stakes.

AS Festival openers go, today’s first day of the Royal Ascot meeting exceeds with regal abandon.

THE victory of Raven’s Pass in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday has catapulted him to favouritism for the Breeders' Cup Mile with some bookmakers.

ON rare occasions you look at a race and arrive at the conclusion that a particular horse just won’t get beaten.

DBEST can live up to his name by running 13 rivals ragged in the ladbrokes.com Handicap at Down Royal today.

The major news to emerge from the draw for the 24th running of the Arlington Million and its two supporting races was that Kieren Fallon has been declared on Aidan O’Brien’s Ace and Ivan Denisovich.

The major news to emerge from the draw for the 24th running of the Arlington Million and its two supporting races was that Kieren Fallon has been declared on Aidan O’Brien’s Ace and Ivan Denisovich.

Kieren Fallon finished well down the field on Ivan Denisovich in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly as Stormy River came from last to first to avenge his unlucky Royal Ascot defeat.

Jeremy Noseda is eagerly anticipating a potential rematch between Araafa and George Washington in the St James’ Palace Stakes next month.

THERE are very few handlers in this country capable of playing the system with the same skill as Tony Martin.

ONE COOL CAT is vying for favouritism for the Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes following his impressive victory at the Curragh on Sunday.

Godolphin’s Doyen, trained by Saeed bin Suroor is 6-4 favourite for the Bailey’s Irish Champion Stakes.

PUNTERS who backed Ballydoyle’s Grand Reward for tomorrow’s Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh were clearly on the right track following the withdrawal of stable companion, One Cool Cat, from the classic yesterday.

HAWK WING, brilliant winner of the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury last month, is virtually certain to contest the Queen Anne Stakes, rather than the Prince Of Wales Stakes, at Royal Ascot next week.

Rock Of Gibraltar has been rated the top three-year-old in the International Classifications, which were unveiled at a press conference in London today.