St Nicholas Abbey will undergo surgery on a fractured pastern this morning.

Frankel will be offered the very best mares at his owner Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket once he begins his new career as a stallion.

Frankel demolished perhaps the final obstacle blocking his completion as the blueprint of the perfect thoroughbred racehorse in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien’s charge has swept aside the opposition in five starts and followed up a neck success in the mile QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket in early May with a stunning five-length victory in the Investec Derby over an extra half-mile at Epsom Downs the following month.

Jockey Pat Smullen believes St Nicholas Abbey is the one to beat in tomorrow’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Japanese runner Deep Brillante has been clipped into 16-1 for Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Last year’s winner Nathaniel is one of 17 remaining entries in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 21.

St Nicholas Abbey could head to Royal Ascot after defending his crown in the Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup at Epsom with a brilliant performance under Joseph O'Brien.

Camelot heads just 12 remaining entries for the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

There is no doubt the performance of St Nicholas Abbey at the Curragh on Monday left a particularly sour taste in the mouths of many punters.

So You Think is set to be among the field for the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday week.

Defending champion Hurricane Fly is among 27 horses entered for the StanJames.com Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 13.

THE Breeders' Cup Turf (8.45) has been a European benefit since its inception in 2000 and it looks like coming back across the atlantic once more.

ANTE-POST favourite Sarafina and last year’s winner Workforce feature among a list of 19 entries for Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

SIMON Crisford believes a strongly run race is the key to Rewilding’s success ahead of Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

St Nicholas Abbey provided a belated but thunderous reminder of his capabilities by streaking nine lengths clear in the Boodles Diamond Ormonde Stakes at Chester yesterday.

HARBINGER’S performance in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes earned him a rating of 135 as he was announced the clear leader in the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings, unveiled yesterday.

Aidan O'Brien hopes to have St Nicholas Abbey back in action in time for the big races in the autumn.

DERBY winner Workforce could be even better than last year’s Epsom hero Sea The Stars.

JOHNNY Murtagh is convinced Jan Vermeer, his mount in today’s Derby, is the ideal type for Epsom.

FINALLY, we can get down to business this afternoon, leaving all the St Nicholas Abbey drama behind us, and concentrate on the most exciting flat race in the world, the Epsom Derby.

IN a routine act of Gallic indifference, the French – having mopped up Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas with Makfi – have turned their backs on Epsom in favour of keeping their equine blue bloods at home for Sunday’s equivalent colts’ classic at Chantilly.

JOHN McCRIRICK has plumped for Rewilding at Epsom today – but not with tremendous confidence in what he describes as an “enigmatic” Investec Derby.

St Nicholas Abbey has suffered a setback and will not run in the Investec Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

JAN VERMEER has been the subject of an almighty gamble for Saturday’s Investec Derby.

Aidan O’Brien has warned ante-post punters to hold their bets before the Investec Derby at Epsom next week.

IT is looking increasingly likely that the much-hyped St Nicholas Abbey will miss the Investec Derby at Epsom next Saturday.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is excited by his Investec Derby squad as he prepares to challenge for a first win in the race since High Chaparral in 2002.

WORKFORCE is set to bolster owner Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Investec Derby team after delighting connections in a racecourse gallop.

BETHRAH came with a flying late challenge to give Dermot Weld his fourth win in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh yesterday.

TWO weeks to the Epsom Derby and the mystery continues.

AIDAN O’Brien believes St Nicholas Abbey will be more than capable of handling the Epsom undulations in the Investec Derby.

Aidan O’Brien believes St Nicholas Abbey will be more than capable of handling the Epsom undulations in the Investec Derby.

IF Aidan O’Brien can get St Nicholas Abbey to win the Epsom Derby on June 4 then he can surely be mentioned in the same breath as Merlin - and we all know what his profession was.

KIEREN Fallon believes his mount Viscount Nelson has a “live chance” in today’s StanJames.com 2000 Guineas.

AIDAN O’BRIEN has reported his army of horses that worked after racing at the Curragh on Sunday to have returned to Ballydoyle unscathed.

Richard Hannon will give Canford Cliffs a 2000 Guineas prep run in the Greenham Stakes.

SO now we know. Heading to Doncaster on Saturday, St Nicholas Abbey was no more than a promising colt.

St Nicholas Abbey staked a huge claim for Classic honours with a stunning victory in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.

JOHNNY MURTAGH is excited about continuing his association with St Nicholas Abbey in what looks a vintage renewal of the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster today.

Johnny Murtagh is excited about continuing his association with St Nicholas Abbey in what looks a vintage renewal of the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster tomorrow.

SATURDAY will reveal a lot about St Nicholas Abbey.

Kieren Fallon expects Coordinated Cut to take some beating in Saturday's Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster after partnering the colt in a recent spin.

KEVIN Prendergast’s Saajidah gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Galway tonight.