Frankel’s first foal has been born to Group Three-winning mare Chrysanthemum.

The Tommy Stack-trained Wannabe Better, clearly improving at a rate of knots, created a mild surprise when taking the featured Listed Vincent O’Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney last night.

You cannot imagine too many patrons making the effort to go to Gowran Park this evening.

Joseph O’Brien believes the experience of Stubbs could be a major asset as the exciting juvenile goes for glory in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Stubbs is the nap choice to land the Listed Alfred Nobel Rochestown Stakes at Naas this afternoon.

Dermot Weld’s described the result as “very appropriate” after Voleuse De Coeurs landed the listed Vintage Crop Stakes in convincing style in Navan yesterday.

Caponata, an impressive winner on her debut at the corresponding meeting last year, made her stakes-race breakthrough when landing the listed Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes at Gowran Park yesterday.

Ger Lyons will search for a Group Three prize for Lily’s Angel before possibly having a trip to Royal Ascot and the Windsor Forest Stakes.

The once-raced Master Speaker can land the www.dundalkstadium.com Maiden on the all-weather tonight.

Michael Lowry capped a fine week in the bloodstock business by bringing earnings in the sales ring to over €813,000 since Friday.

Michael Lowry has begun to reap the rewards of a winning summer at the racetrack after a filly foal born to his mare in March was sold for €452,025 yesterday.

True Verdict’s undoubted class should see her overcome a three-month absence and a high draw in the two-year-old fillies maiden in Dundalk tonight.

Fortify can get us away to the ideal start by landing the opening Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Roscommon this afternoon.

Hall Of Mirrors should prove hard to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden for colts and geldings at Leopardstown tonight.

After tribunal findings and a Revenue bill, Michael Lowry’s luck seems to be turning, as his mare stands to turn around his financial fortunes, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

After should prove tough to beat in the Group 3 Brownstown Stakes on today’s rescheduled card in Fairyhouse.

Probably is to be aimed at the top two-year-old races later in the season following his Group Two success at the Curragh on Saturday.

Gowran Park tonight has four handicaps, on a seven-race programme, and that is a major contribution to a most unattractive card.

David Wachman’s Royal Empress is the nap choice to build on a promising first run at the Curragh in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden at Limerick tonight.

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.

The Michael Halford-trained Ondeafears might defy the handicapper in the featured Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Handicap in Gowran Park this evening.

TRAIN Of Thought, a costly failure at Limerick first time up this season, is given the benefit of the doubt in the Follow Dundalk On Facebook Maiden on the all-weather tonight.

More than 12,000 students produced what, I suppose, could be described as a Cheltenham-type atmosphere at Limerick last evening.

THE handicapper had to allow himself a little smile of satisfaction, following two races of late.

DERMOT WELD’S Unaccompanied has to be the nap choice in the Listed Naas Vet Panel Supporting Racing Fishery Lane Hurdle at the Co Kildare track this afternoon.

BLAZING TEMPO is the hopeful choice in a hugely competitive Guinness Kerry National at Listowel this afternoon.

ROSE Bonheur arrived fast and late to thwart the flattering Katla in the listed Belgrave Stakes at Fairyhouse yesterday.

EXPERIENCE must be strongly fancied to complete a hat-trick and defy a 5lbs Group 3 penalty in the listed Danehill Dancer Tipperary Stakes at Tipperary today.

DANCING Rain will bid to join quite an elite bunch of ladies when she lines up for the Irish Oaks at the Curragh next weekend.

THE extent to which Ballydoyle has left all of the opposition in this country trailing miles behind in its wake was further emphasised by that 1-2-3 in Sunday’s Irish Derby at the Curragh.

ENGLISH invader Lilbourne Lad out battled the rather ironically named Tough As Nails in the Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Railway Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

THE Jim Bolger-trained Teolane showed her quality when making all to land the listed Coolmore Stud 2-Y-0 Fillies Sprint Stakes at Naas yesterday.

A WORD APART is the nap to land a tricky little five-runner Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Race at Navan this afternoon.

THE Curragh yesterday belonged to Aidan O’Brien.

THE David Wachman trained Azores can recoup the losses incurred on her debut at Cork in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Gowran Park tonight.

UNACCOMPANIED has to be the nap choice to land the Grade 1 AES Champion four-year-old Hurdle at the final stage of Punchestown this afternoon.

TRIUMPH Hurdle runner-up Unaccompanied bids to go one place better in the AES Champion 4yo Hurdle at Punchestown today.

JOHN OXX’S once-raced Dance Secretary can land the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Limerick this evening.

Nouriya could be asked to step up to Group One company for her next race following a recent victory at Yarmouth.

Stand To Attention gave Paul Deegan his biggest pay day when scooping the pool in the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Stand To Attention gave Paul Deegan his biggest pay day when scooping the pool in the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes at Fairyhouse.

Whip Mark made it third time lucky when getting off the mark in the Ratoath Maiden at Fairyhouse today.