Johnny Murtagh is poised to ride Duke Of Marmalade rather than stablemate Henrythenavigator in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.

The British government will today reveal details of a redundancy package for more than 3,000 soldiers in the North.

Britain is to keep a ‘‘powerful force’’ of ships, Royal Marines and submarines available for the campaign against terrorism, it was announced today.