Fastnet Rock, West Cork’s emblematic lighthouse, casts a little of its long thin shadow over Ireland’s finest flat racing extravaganza this weekend.

Richard Hughes may have suffered disappointment in the feature race of the day at the Curragh, but Cay Verde provided some consolation as he booked his Royal Ascot ticket.

MUSIC SHOW ended a wretched run of luck in Group One company as she put up a dazzling display in the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

DUKE Of Marmalade is back into favouritism for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes after he was declared for the Leopardstown heat.