Pádraig Harrington muscled his way towards ending a six-year winless drought and then revealed he has set himself a goal of representing Ireland in the 2016 Olympics.

Gold Cup hero Leading Light made the perfect return to action in the Palmerstown House Estate Irish St Leger Trial Stakes on another fine afternoon for Aidan O’Brien at the Curragh yesterday.

Joseph O’Brien has revealed there is still a chance he could ride Australia in next week’s Juddmonte International at York.

Aidan O’Brien’s Kingsbarns has to be fancied to outclass five rivals in the Listed Heritage Stakes at Leopardstown this evening.

Aidan O’Brien could rely on either Kingsbarns or Ruler Of The World in Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot after admitting to fears about ground conditions for both Declaration Of War and Magician.

Connections of Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runners will need to brace themselves for potential rainfall close to Sunday’s race.

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.

One of the richest tournaments on the European Tour schedule, the $5m (€3.7m) Dunhill Links, is on this week over three outstanding links courses on the east coast of Scotland — but just three members of the 2012 European Ryder Cup team are competing.

Vif Monsieur was sensationally awarded the Group 1 Preis von Europa at Cologne yesterday after both winner Meandre and second Empoli were demoted for interference.

The Fugue struck a blow for the fillies with an emphatic victory in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Declaration Of War will not run in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes due to the ground.

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

Declaration Of War and Al Kazeem are provisionally in line for a rematch at Leopardstown tomorrow after both horses were declared for the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes.

Dawn Approach is reported to have scoped badly after his defeat in the Prix Jacques le Marois and is being treated with antibiotics.

Aidan O’Brien concedes he is “fighting time” in his bid to get Kingsbarns to the Investec Derby.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien and his son, Joseph, have allayed fears about the well-being of leading Investec Derby contender Kingsbarns.

Saturday, June 30th, promises to be one of the great days of 2013 in the realms of sport and the European Golf Tour and the Curragh Race Company are set to take full advantage.

Long Run is set to make his first visit to Ireland for the tote.com Punchestown Gold Cup on April 24.

Kingsbarns and Cristoforo Colombo, Aidan O'Brien's two big hopes for the Qipco 2000 Guineas, may have their first runs of the season in the Newmarket Classic.

Aidan O’Brien has issued an upbeat bulletin on his dual Derby winner Camelot, who has recovered well from a serious bout of colic.

Foxrock is fancied to get punters away to the perfect start by landing the opening Festival Free Upgrade Offer Ends Today Maiden Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Aidan O’Brien’s ability to defy logic never ceases to amaze.

Joseph O’Brien will be crowned Irish champion jockey for the first time next weekend – even after Pat Smullen signed off for the season with a treble at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Kingsbarns staked his claim for Classic glory in 2013 with a clear-cut victory in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.

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Joseph O’Brien admits the supplemented Kingsbarns faces a massive leap in class for today’s Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.

Aidan O’Brien is responsible for six of the 15 juveniles confirmed for the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster on Saturday.

Kingsbarns made an impressive debut when landing the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Maiden at Navan yesterday.

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RODDY CARR must have been the happiest man in Ireland on Sunday night.

St Andrews, the Home of Golf, could tomorrow see Lee Westwood crowned as the new world number one - and little-known John Parry as the shock winner of one of Europe's richest events.

Colin Montgomerie made a good start today as he tried to put the drama of the Ryder Cup behind him and arrest his own golfing slump at Kingsbarns.

Gale-force winds, with gusts predicted to reach 70mph, forced play to be abandoned for the day at all three courses in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

TRIPLE major-winning Pádraig Harrington has labelled as “protectionism” any move by the European Tour to introduce a series of core tournaments its members will have to contest to retain automatic membership.

Just as he did when he took third place two years ago – in only his second professional event – Rory McIlroy tamed one of the toughest holes in golf today.

A year to go to the Ryder Cup, Colin Montgomerie had other things on his mind today after starting the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a double-bogey six at Carnoustie.

Americans Brad Faxon and Brett Quigley instantly made their presence felt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland today.

Lee Westwood today produced a battling performance in miserable conditions to keep his hopes of becoming European number one alive in the third round of the Dunhill Links Championship.

GARETH SHAW is destined to bow out from collegiate golf with the coveted status of an All-American after reaching the final round of the 111th Men’s NCAA Division I Championships in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Irish golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Nick Dougherty has vowed to go all out for victory in the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after moving into a three-stroke lead.

Padraig Harrington is back playing in Europe this week for the first time since his Open Championship victory – and he is back at Carnoustie for it.

Padraig Harrington was today stepping up his bid for a second double triumph in four years in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Padraig Harrington today stepped up his bid for a second double triumph in four years in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.