Dar Re Mi could again clash with her male counterparts at the Breeders’ Cup after her sterling effort behind Sea The Stars in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

Dar Re Mi is poised to take her chance in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next weekend.

Dar Re Mi has been demoted into fifth in the Qatar Prix Vermeille at Longchamp, with runner-up Stacelita declared the winner.

Deauville beckons for Dar Re Mi after she got back in the winning groove in the Plantation Stud Stakes at Newmarket.

Dar Re Mi capped a double-strike for trainer John Gosden when proving too good for her rivals in the Plantation Stud Stakes at Newmarket today.

Connections of Dar Re Mi were understandably thrilled with her return to action in the Prix de Malleret at Saint-Cloud on Sunday.

WASHOE, a female chimpanzee believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at a Washington state research institute.

Kylkenny has returned home after recording his 21st career success in the £10,000 Littlewoods Betdirect Handicap at Southwell yesterday.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today varied prison sentences imposed last year by Mr Justice Paul Carney on a serial rapist who raped three woman in vicious attacks in Dublin.

CompiledJanuary 2005: Paul Buckley, aged 32, of Baker’s Road, Gurranabraher, was given a four-year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Butler for the rape and assault causing harm of a 25-year-old woman in the garden of a house in April 2002.

Indian police have arrested an alleged Kashmiri militant whom they believe planned the October 29 triple bombings in New Delhi and are now hunting for seven others including the bombers, an official said in New Delhi today.