Willie Mullins admits Simenon faces a tough task from his wide draw in the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien’s main thoughts will be on the first Classics of the season at Newmarket but the trainer will have one eye on the action across the Atlantic as Lines Of Battle goes for glory in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Aidan O’Brien’s Lines Of Battle will race from stall 11 in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday night.

There are solid reasons for believing Dessie Hughes’ Stonemaster capable of landing the nap in the Belvedere House, Garden And Park Handicap Chase at Kilbeggan tonight.

Connections of Daddy Long Legs feel they have the colt in the pink of health ahead of today’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Godolphin’s Mandaean and Mighty Ambition have been ruled out of Saturday’s Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Roger Charlton insists soft conditions at Newmarket would not stop Top Offer lining up in Saturday’s Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Two of Aidan O’Brien’s jet-setters are off on their travels again.

Camelot, favourite for the Qipco 2000 Guineas and Investec Derby, is among Aidan O’Brien’s 24 entries for the Betfred Dante Stakes at York on May 17.

Daddy Long Legs gave trainer Aidan O’Brien his first winner on Dubai World Cup night when winning the UAE Derby, with better-fancied stable companion Wrote third in the Group Two race at Meydan.

Richard Hills brings the curtain down on his stellar career in the saddle with four rides at Meydan today.

So You Think and Aidan O’Brien’s large contingent of Dubai runners have arrived safely in the Gulf ahead of Saturday’s World Cup meeting.

Aidan O'Brien's Await The Dawn has been drawn close to the inside in stall two in the Group One Dubai Duty Free over nine furlongs at Meydan on Saturday.

Diamond Harry is on course for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup after recovering from a successful wind operation.

Australian stars Sepoy and Helmet are set for European campaigns after tackling next year’s Dubai World Cup meeting on March 31.

FAME AND GLORY and Rite Of Passage feature among 12 possible runners in Sunday’s Seamus & Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown.

THE Aidan O’Brien-trained Master Of Hounds will face a maximum of 18 rivals when he bids to make history in the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs tonight.

A SUPERSTAR in Australia and destined to be a superstar in the Northern Hemisphere — that was the impression given by So You Think on his debut for Aidan O’Brien in the Group 3 High Chaparral Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

MASTER OF HOUNDS will go for either the Qipco 2000 Guineas or the Kentucky Derby following his gallant effort in the UAE Derby in Dubai.

Master Of Hounds will go for either the Qipco 2000 Guineas or the Kentucky Derby following his gallant effort in the UAE Derby.

David Simcock’s Ahlaain is to benefit from the skills of Frenchman Christophe Lemaire in the saddle for Saturday’s UAE Derby.

Frankie Dettori timed his run to perfection on Frozen Power to win the German 2000 Guineas at Cologne.

GODOLPHIN’S Frozen Power is the sole British representative in the Mehl Mulhens-Rennen – the German 2000 Guineas at Cologne today.

Irish-born trainer Carl O’Callaghan could be a new face at Royal Ascot in the summer after hitting the big time with his American raider Kinsale King in the Golden Shaheen at Meydan.

Mendip strode well clear of a quality field under Frankie Dettori to lift the opening thoroughbred race on Super Thursday at Meydan.

Saeed bin Suroor always seems to have his string primed for Dubai World Cup night and the Godolphin trainer was rewarded with a double on the high-profile card at Nad Al Sheba.

The Al Fahidi Fort takes centre stage at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday night, with South African maestro Mike de Kock double-handed in the Group Two contest.

Frankie Dettori was in top form at the Dubai Carnival yet again as he booted home four winners at Nad Al Sheba.

Johnny Murtagh anticipates a fruitful partnership with Aidan O’Brien after making a barnstorming start as Ballydoyle’s new number one at the Curragh.

Johnny Murtagh and Aidan O’Brien made the perfect start to their 2008 association when Georgebernardshaw struck at the Curragh.

British racegoers are in for a treat as Mike De Kock confirmed his impressive Dubai Sheema Classic winner Sun Classique is set for a campaign in England.

Connections of Curlin were satisfied after the American Horse of the Year was handed stall 12 for Saturday’s 6million Dubai World Cup.

AUTHORIZED has “never been better” ahead of today’s rematch with Notnowcato in York’s Juddmonte International.

Distant Way will not follow in the hoofprints of compatriot Electrocutionist by attempting to win the Juddmonte International at York.

Asiatic Boy pleased connections as he enjoyed a racecourse gallop with stablemate Irridescence in the build-up to Wednesday’s BGC Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Two of Mike De Kock’s stable stars, Irridescence and Asiatic Boy, were put through their paces on Newmarket’s July course this morning.

TRAINER Kiaran McLaughlin paid tribute to Invasor after the champion racehorse was retired following the recurrence of an old injury yesterday.

Dual Classic hero Cockney Rebel tops an eight-strong field for Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Asiatic Boy is on course to tackle the BGC Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on August 1.

Kiaran McLaughlin is eyeing a second Breeders’ Cup victory with Invasor following his triumph in the Dubai World Cup.

Dubai World Cup disappointment Discreet Cat is suffering from a throat abscess, it has been revealed.

Trainer David Ferraris was shocked yet overjoyed as Vengeance Of Rain created history by becoming the first horse trained in Hong Kong to win at the Dubai World Cup after taking the 5million Sheema Classic.

CONNECTIONS of the two leading contenders for the Dubai World Cup expressed delight at the form of their representatives ahead of the world’s richest race.

Frankie Dettori is relishing the prospect of seeking his fourth win in the world’s richest race, the Dubai World Cup, on Saturday night.