Classic winner Covert Love has been retired after suffering a strained ligament.

Aidan O’Brien is one of a number of trainers left to ponder the effects of what looks set to be a soft-ground Royal Ascot.

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

Hugo Palmer hopes to get two more runs into Darley Irish Oaks winner Covert Love – ground permitting.

Golden Horn and Gleneagles head a star field of eight horses declared for the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow, a race that will have an earlier start time due to weather concerns.

Covert Love gave Newmarket trainer Hugo Palmer an early wedding present with his first Classic triumph in the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Saturday.

Zawraq is reported to have made “substantial improvement” in his race against time to be fit for Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

The Irish flat thoroughbred racehorse rankings for 2014 were released yesterday, confirming once again the impact Irish-trained horses are having on the global stage.

The Tony Martin-trained Quick Jack has been cut to 6-1 favourite (from 7) with the sponsors for Saturday’s Betfred Cesarewitch after standing his ground yesterday for the marathon handicap.

Connections of Ectot and Avenir Certain remain unconcerned by ground conditions at Longchamp as Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe draws ever closer.

Taghrooda delighted connections in a workout over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket yesterday as part of her preparation for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday week.

It is not by luck that Ryan Moore has become perhaps the world’s most in-demand jockey as he offered the perfect example of his evident superiority aboard The Grey Gatsby in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday night.

Ryan Moore - perhaps the world’s most in-demand jockey - offered the perfect example of his talent aboard The Grey Gatsby in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown today.

There is no logical reason to oppose Australia in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this evening and anything less than a reasonably comfortable success for Aidan O’Brien’s colt will be a surprise.

Joseph O’Brien admits dropping down half a mile in trip is "not ideal" for Tapestry in the Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes at Leopardstown today.

Australia is one of seven runners as he goes for his fourth successive Group One win of the season in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Jockey Thierry Jarnet insists Treve still possesses "a lot of quality" when the partnership is reunited in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday.

Derby winner Australia, Leading Light, The Grey Gatsby, Gleneagles, Tapestry and Chicquitaheads a star-studded list of entries for the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown on Saturday and the Curragh on Sunday.

Aidan O’Brien has two good reasons to give Tapestry her next start in the Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on September 13.

Taghrooda is on track for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe despite suffering a shock reverse at York last week.

Taghrooda could earn a tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe if she can clinch a third Group One of a glorious summer in today’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

Newmarket trainer James Fanshawe is expecting an improved performance from top-class mare Seal Of Approval in the Betfred TV Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury today.

Today’s Group 1 Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes looks an ordinary renewal of the race and there are sufficient doubts about those at the top of the market to look down the line for some value.

Paul Hanagan feels Taghrooda has the world at her feet after she rewrote the turf record books with a stunning victory in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot heroine Bracelet fought off stable companion Tapestry and British raider Volume to clinch Classic glory in a thrilling renewal of the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Saturday night.

Bracelet gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a fourth victory in the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh with a determined effort in the hands of Colm O’Donoghue.

Timeless Call secured the second Listed success of her career in the Midsummer Sprint Stakes at Cork.

Before the off of today’s Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes (6.50) and Leopardstown, the weather will have had its say.

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

Aidan O’Brien has supplemented Tapestry for the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Big Time may have earned a tilt at Group One company following his fine effort in the Railway Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.

Leading rider at Royal Ascot last week, Johnny Murtagh again stole the show at the Curragh yesterday when giving the Roger Varian-trained 10/1 shot Ambivalent a superb front-running rider to land the Group 1 Oxigen Environmental Pretty Polly Stakes.

Camelot has emerged as clear favourite for tomorrow’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after faring far better than market rival Orfevre in the draw for stalls positions.

Christophe Soumillon left Longchamp yesterday with the belief Orfevre had the potential to provide him with a third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after the Japanese Triple Crown star made a successful European debut.

Orfevre becomes the latest Japanese star to embark on the route towards the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with an outing in one of the trials at Longchamp tomorrow.

Johnny Murtagh’s contract as retained rider for the owner’s Irish-trained horses has been terminated, according to the Aga Khan’s Irish stud farm manager, Pat Downes.

The broken record just keeps on playing.

Qahriman, the first reserve for the Betfred Ebor, will run in the valuable handicap at York today after Harlestone Times was declared a non-runner.

Trainer Ed Dunlop feels Snow Fairy is “fit enough to do herself justice” as she makes her eagerly anticipated return in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville tomorrow.

There are only two Commonstown residents in action over the weekend and no prizes for guessing why.

William Haggas has ruled star filly Dancing Rain out of next Thursday’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

Trainer Ed Dunlop feels Snow Fairy is “fit enough to do herself justice” as she makes her eagerly anticipated return in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville on Sunday.

Jessica Harrington is looking forward to a crack at next week’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks with Bible Belt following an encouraging performance at Leopardstown.

Roger Varian will decide closer to the race whether Shimmering Surf will make a quick reappearance in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks after her fine run in France on Saturday.