Psychedelic Funk will be expected to prove the star of the weekend’s domestic action when he puts his unbeaten record on the line in the listed Coolmore War Command Rochestown Stakes in Naas tomorrow.

Dropped back to five furlongs for the first time, Fort Del Oro stamped herself as another potentially high-class sprinter from Eddie Lynam’s yard in County Meath when proving an emphatic winner of the listed Woodlands Stakes in Naas last evening.

Charlie Hills has voiced concerns over whether Muhaarar can reproduce his stunning Royal Ascot display in today’s Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Pleascach turned out quickly at Leopardstown last night and made it pay with an impressive success in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden for Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning.

Aidan O’Brien and his son, Joseph, warmed up for Australia in the Irish Derby at the Curragh tomorrow when combining to land the 12 furlongs plus Maiden at Tipperary last night with Granddukeoftuscany.

Sole Power is set to return to Royal Ascot on Saturday after he achieved the first leg of a coveted sprint double by winning the King’s Stand Stakes for the second year running yesterday.

Kims Dream, trained in Clonroche, County Wexford by Noel Dooly, completed a tremendous hat-trick when justifying 7/4 favouritism in the Keen Print Handicap in Roscommon last night.

James Fanshawe is keeping his fingers crossed race specialist Society Rock gets the breaks as he aims to regain his crown in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Winner of a listed event at the Curragh last time, Three Sea Captains successfully conceded weight to his rivals in the €125,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes in Fairyhouse yesterday.

Duntle, winner of the Sandringham Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, earned a valuable Group 3 bracket when getting the better of in-foal Ballybacka Lady and Requisition in the featured Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown last night, where the ground turned soft after rain before and during racing.

This week confirmed something that has been nagging one for a while — it is actually easier to show a profit at Cheltenham than Galway.

Michael Halford’s Sure Reef can finally enjoy a turn in the Anglo Printers’ Handicap at Killarney tonight.

Godolphin have bought a majority share in Jim Bolger’s unbeaten juvenile Dawn Approach, the ante-post favourite for next season’s Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Dermot Weld’s Sapphire made a spectacular seasonal debut at Cork yesterday when sweeping to an easy success in the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes.

Black Caviar finally boarded a plane heading towards Britain yesterday for her hugely-anticipated appearance in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

HI Emperor has a leading chance of giving Co Tipperary trainer, Sean Hennessy, a turn in the Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter Maiden at the Co Meath track tonight.

FOLLOWING 50 millimetres of rain on the lead-in to the meeting, there were 36 non-runners, including some reserves, at Listowel yesterday.

The tough and consistent Naoise looks good in the seven-furlong www.redbook.ie Handicap in Dundalk tonight.

STAR Witness had a useful feel of the Newmarket July Course on yesterday morning ahead of the final assignment of his racing career.

A hastily-arranged Class Two handicap at Kempton is not the sort of race Angel’s Pursuit is accustomed to competing in, but the chestnut’s class came to the fore in the day’s feature.

COOLMORE Australia have entered into an agreement with the owners of So You Think to purchase an interest in the brilliant son of High Chaparral, with a view to the champion joining their stallion roster at the end of his racing career.

Royal Ascot winner and European champion sprinter-elect Starspangledbanner has been retired to stud at Coolmore for the 2011 season.

NIALL O’CALLAGHAN, who trained at Louisville, Kentucky for 28 years, enjoyed a first success in his native country when Takeover Bid landed the Newmarket Handicap at Cork yesterday.

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

GER LYONS is excited about the prospect of running Clondinnery over seven furlongs after his fine effort in the Railway Stakes on Sunday.

JIM BOLGER could be double-handed with Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn in Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

PAT SMULLEN gave Grace O’Malley a quite magnificent drive to land the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at Cork yesterday.

Australian sprinter Starspangledbanner is to make his northern hemisphere debut in the Duke Of York Blue Square Stakes at York on Wednesday.

PUNTERS who backed De Valira in the mile and six conditions race at Tipperary last night had every reason to feel aggrieved.

GER LYONS’ Clondinnery can get us away to the ideal start by landing the first on the programme, the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Median Auction Maiden, at Dundalk tonight.

Paul Deegan is looking forward to getting Lady Springbank’s season under way in the Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial on Sunday.

Jamie Spencer rode his way back into The British Queen’s good books after denying her a Royal Ascot winner by partnering Royal Stream to victory in the £40,000 Warwick Racecourse Eternal Stakes.

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.

TOMMY STACK’S Benji’s Babes can make it third time lucky in the Median Auction Maiden at Listowel tonight.

DERMOT Weld’s horses are struggling to hit form at the moment, but the stable’s fortunes can start to turn the corner with Dazzle Dancer in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Killarney tonight.

LONE British raider Muhannak, ridden by Pat Smullen, landed the listed Diamond Stakes at Dundalk last night.

Hughie Morrison reports Stimulation to be in top form as he prepares to line up in the CGA Hungerford Stakes at Newbury this weekend.

Newmarket trainer Jeremy Noseda is mapping out an international campaign for 2006 Ladbrokes St Leger winner Sixties Icon following his victory in the Letheby & Christopher Festival Stakes at Goodwood.

GODOLPHIN’S 2000 Guineas options were whittled down to two last night after Fast Company was ruled out of the stanjamesuk.com-sponsored Classic.

ANTE-POST punters and bookmakers still face a confused picture ahead of the stanjamesuk.com 2000 Guineas despite all the major players standing their ground at the forfeit stage.

Jamie Spencer edged one win closer to reclaiming the jockeys’ championship after smart juvenile Choose Your Moment struck at York.

He may not have the most glamorous name in racing but Fat Boy can take the feature race at Ripon on Bank Holiday Monday, the Champion Two Yrs Old Trophy.

The breakout of equine influenza in Australia could cost the racing industry as much as AUS$1bn (€604.2m), early estimates have predicted.