TRAINER Kiaran McLaughlin paid tribute to Invasor after the champion racehorse was retired following the recurrence of an old injury yesterday.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has been put down after losing his long battle to regain fitness following the injuries he suffered in the Preakness Stakes.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was put down today after losing his long battle to regain fitness following the injuries he suffered in the Preakness Stakes.

Ouija Board has won a second Eclipse Award after being voted the top female turf horse in America.

FROM Argentina via Europe to Dubai, and from New York to LA, Saturday night’s Breeders’ Cup Classic truly underscored the meeting’s claim to be the world thoroughbred championships.

TO Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore gang he’s ‘Gorgeous George’ but so numerous are the questions facing George Washington’s prospects in tonight’s Breeders’ Cup Classic that ‘Curious George’ may be a more apt nickname.

Breeders’ Cup Classic hope Bernardini will face the toughest test of his career at Churchill Downs on Saturday, according to his trainer Tom Albertrani.

Doug O’Neill is delighted with the condition of Lava Man ahead of the Breeders’ Cup Classic – but understands why he is only third favourite.

IT’S been billed as the “Mane Event”, a Breeders’ Cup Classic showdown between two of American racing’s superstars, but at Churchill Downs yesterday there was only one show in town.

IT will not exactly rank with his namesake’s crossing of the Delaware, but if George Washington pulls off a victory in tomorrow night’s Breeders’ Cup Classic it will certainly be a revolutionary moment for Aidan O’Brien.

George Washington will start next to hot favourite Bernardini after the pair were drawn in stalls four and three for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.

IRISH Derby winner Dylan Thomas made a disastrous debut on the dirt in New York on Saturday night as Bernardini threw down the gauntlet to his Breeders’ Cup Classic rivals.

Bernardini is now the 11-8 favourite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic following his impressive success in the Grade One Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont.

AIDAN O’BRIEN reports crack three-year-old Dylan Thomas to be in good order ahead of his American debut in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday night.

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Colin Montgomerie has had two birdies in his first three holes today to move to six under par for the tournament.

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Colin Montgomerie is back to six under after 16 holes of the Murphy's Irish Open at Fota.