PEOPLE might think that I should be used to the build-up for all these marquee races now but while some trainers can be very relaxed, I don’t think it’s something I could ever get used to.

KILLARNEY has long been lucky for Austin Leahy and the Limerick handler struck again at the track last night when Kims Dream landed a little gamble in the Killarney Oils Ltd Handicap.

THE Aidan O’Brien-trained Zoffany bounced back from his Coventry Stakes defeat at Royal Ascot to justify 4/7 favouritism in the listed Golden Fleece 2-Y-0 Stakes, last night’s feature at Leopardstown.

L’Impresario put up a promising performance when making a winning debut in the Boylesports 143 Shops Nationwide Maiden at the Curragh.

Aidan O’Brien has paid a glowing tribute to Footstepsinthesand following the premature retirement of the UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas winner.

AIDAN O’BRIEN last night paid a glowing tribute to Footstepsinthsand following the premature retirement of the Newmarket 2000 Guineas winner.

KIEREN FALLON will be reunited with David Wachman’s cracking filly Damson in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot at York on Friday.

Antonius Pius is the only horse to have been supplemented for Saturday’s Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot at York.

Perhaps the most definitive of Derby trials, a pointer to the Oaks and a top-class Group One contest over a mile are just three of the things to look forward to in a cracking week coming up.

KIEREN FALLON believes Jimmy Fortune would be his natural successor as stable jockey to Sir Michael Stoute.

Jamie Spencer has resigned from his position as stable jockey to Aidan O’Brien in Ireland.

JAMIE SPENCER has parted company with Ballydoyle after just one season.

Jamie Spencer has refused to comment on intense speculation in Ireland that his job as stable jockey to the powerful Aidan O’Brien yard may be about to end.

Aidan O’Brien is planning to play a waiting game with Powerscourt in Sunday’s Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin.

JAMIE SPENCER was in philosophical mood yesterday after Antonius Pius’s defeat in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Park on Saturday night.

Having been the subject of so much of the attention in the build-up to the racing, Ouija Board gave a superb display to end the season on a brilliant high with a Breeders' Cup victory in the Filly & Mare Turf.

Antonius Pius’s waywardness and a troubled passage for Six Perfections cost the European team dear as Singletary hung on grimly to land a dramatic NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Park today.

Ashado finished strongly to take the Breeders’ Cup Distaff for Texas trainer Todd Pletcher at Lone Star Park tonight.

Ashado, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Lone Star Park tonight.

JAMIE SPENCER took his first steps on to the racing surface at Lone Star Park yesterday aboard his Breeders’ Cup Turf partner Powerscourt.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is hoping that his late-season revival in form can be carried across the Atlantic when he saddles five runners in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Lone Star Park.

SIX PERFECTIONS will have to overcome a wide draw for the second year running after being handed stall 11 in the post position ceremony for the Breeders’ Cup Mile yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien is hoping that his late-season revival in form can be carried across the Atlantic when he saddles five runners in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Lone Star Park.

KITTEN’S JOY - the potential stumbling block to Breeders’ Cup Turf glory for Ouija Board - has consolidated his position as favourite for the Texas showpiece on Saturday week.

Soviet Song will bid to cap a fantastic season by landing her fourth Group One race on the bounce with victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot tomorrow.

Grey Lilas put up a game performance to beat off all challengers and claim the Group One Netjets Prix du Moulin at Longchamp this afternoon.

ONE COOL CAT is vying for favouritism for the Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes following his impressive victory at the Curragh on Sunday.

MEDIA PUZZLE is set make his long-awaited return to the track at the Curragh at the weekend.

Antonius Pius has twice suffered misfortune at Longchamp this season but he may return to the French track on September 5 to contest the Netjets Prix Du Moulin.

ANDREW BALDING yesterday confirmed Passing Glance on course for the Cantor Odds Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.

GODOLPHIN’S Refuse To Bend is 2-1 favourite with Ladbrokes to complete a hat-trick of Group One wins in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

AIDAN O’BRIEN and Jamie Spencer left the disappointment of Antonius Pius’ display in yesterday’s July Cup at Newmarket readily behind them when the exciting Excalibur proved far too good for his rivals in the Festival Race at Tipperary last night.

James Fanshawe and Johnny Murtagh capped a memorable few days when Frizzante flew home in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket today to give them their second Group One success of the week.

Antonius Pius has been well supported in the ante-post markets for the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Thursday week.

Azamour could be a force to be reckoned with in the big 10-furlong races in the rest of the season after a superb victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Azamour made up for two Classic defeats with victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

SEB SANDERS believes St James’s Palace Stakes hopeful Bachelor Duke is in the sort of form that took him to Classic glory on his last start.

Aidan O’Brien has all but ruled out a trip to Royal Ascot for One Cool Cat.

All the leading fancies stood their ground as a total of 25 horses were left at the second forfeit stage for the Vodafone Derby today.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S nightmare start to 2004 continued in Longchamp yesterday as Antonius Pius snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Gainsborough Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas).

Today’s supplementary entry stage for the French 2000 Guineas passed with no additional runners so American Post faces a maximum of seven rivals in Sunday’s Classic.