Michael Stoute is well aware that Queen Elizabeth’s filly Estimate faces the toughest test of her career in today’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Black Caviar’s co-owner Neil Werrett is already looking forward to racing the offspring of the champion sprinter after her unexpected retirement was announced at a press conference yesterday.

Excelebration or Power could represent Aidan O’Brien in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville a week on Sunday.

DONALD McCain is looking forward to giving Desert Cry his chance in a race as challenging as the Ladbroke at Ascot today.

SOLE POWER, second favourite for the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, will only run in today’s Group 1 sprint if the ground dries out.

Marco Botti is seriously considering giving Excelebration a second crack at Frankel following his colt’s fine win in the German 2000 Guineas.

JOHNNY MURTAGH was left counting the cost after bagging the Darley July Cup on Aidan O’Brien’s Starspangledbanner at Newmarket.

Aidan O’Brien has the utmost respect for Sea The Stars as the Ballydoyle batallions bid to sink John Oxx’s colt for the first time this year in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes.

YEATS ensured his place in the pantheon of racing greats as he became the first horse to register four glorious victories in the Ascot Gold Cup yesterday.

Dan Morton has likened Scenic Blast to Australian sprint sensation Choisir as the Perth trainer prepares to tackle the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

Nicky Henderson admits he is finding it difficult to split Duc De Regniere and Punchestowns as the Seven Barrows duo prepare to lock horns in the BGC Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.

THE Racing Post, over the last week or so, ran a series of little articles under the heading “My golden rules of Royal Ascot betting.”

Ascot was the calm before the storm ahead of Saturday’s card but a Cheltenham Festival contender emerged in the bright winter sunshine as Acambo made an accomplished start to his chasing career.

Vengeance Of Rain, Hong Kong’s winner of the Dubai Sheema Classic, is being considered for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot this summer.

Tipperary All Star could return to Britain for the totesport Trophy at Newbury next month.

Henrietta Knight has reported that Racing Demon is fine following his fall at the fourth last flight in the Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday.

Soapy Danger, an easy winner at last week’s Royal Ascot meeting, could head to Goodwood en-route to a crack at the Ladbrokes St Leger.

Big-race pilot Micky Fenton hopes Ascot’s right-handed bend will not be a problem for Speciosa when she tackles the Coronation Stakes at the Royal meeting tomorrow.

William Hill Handicap Hurdle result