A new company has been established to own and run Curragh racecourse and training grounds, and oversee the €65m redevelopment of the track.

No sooner had the Leger at Doncaster on Saturday finished than a pal of mine rang to ask what I thought would happen at the subsequent stewards’ inquiry.

Dermot Weld’s Flying Jib and Aidan O’Brien’s Wonderfully finished down the field as former O’Brien inmate Minorette claimed top honours in Saturday’s Belmont Oaks.

What defines greatness? Is it discipline, enthusiasm, focus, an ability to see and appreciate the bigger picture?

Aidan O’Brien yesterday described Australia as a "step up" from anything he’s ever trained before and revealed the Derby favourite had to contend with a cough that subsequently affected the rest of the stable six to eight weeks before the 2000 Guineas.

Investec Derby winner Ruler Of The World will have to defy a wide draw in stall 12 if he is to win the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday, when he will be sporting new colours.

Al Shaqab Racing has purchased a “significant interest” in the Coolmore-owned Ruler Of The World, last season’s Epsom Derby winner.

St Nicholas Abbey is reported to have had “a comfortable night” ahead of surgery on a fractured pastern to be performed this morning.

St Nicholas Abbey will undergo surgery on a fractured pastern this morning.

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.

St NIcholas Abbey created history by becoming the first horse to win the Investec Coronation Cup three times at Epsom.

Aidan O’Brien’s main thoughts will be on the first Classics of the season at Newmarket but the trainer will have one eye on the action across the Atlantic as Lines Of Battle goes for glory in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

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.

Coolmore Stud have purchased a 50% interest in the unbeaten Shanghai Bobby ahead of his run in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien admitted nerves were jangling throughout the vast Ballydoyle operation as he prepares Camelot for his date with destiny in Saturday’s Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

Leading owner the Aga Khan holds a strong hand in the Prix de Diane – the French Oaks – at Chantilly tomorrow.

Dreams of a first Triple Crown hero since 1970 are very much alive after Camelot routed the field in the Investec Derby at Epsom.

Camelot set up the mouthwatering prospect of a Triple Crown bid with a superb victory in the Investec Derby at Epsom.

St Nicholas Abbey could head to Royal Ascot after defending his crown in the Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup at Epsom with a brilliant performance under Joseph O'Brien.

“I don’t want to blow him up in any way but from Day One, when he was born, he was very exceptional”

Mick Kinane and John Hammond led the tributes to Montjeu after one of the greatest racehorses of the modern era and the sire of three Epsom Derby winners died, aged 16, following a short illness.

Montjeu, the sire of three Epsom Derby winners, has died aged 16 after a short illness.

Joseph O’Brien became the youngest rider to ever win a Breeders’ Cup race as he steered his father Aidan’s St Nicholas Abbey to a famous success in the Turf at Churchill Downs.

CAPE Blanco is to be retired to stud after sustaining a knee injury when winning at Belmont Park in America on Saturday.

Cape Blanco is to be retired to stud after sustaining a knee injury when winning at Belmont Park in America on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien branded So You Think “an incredible specimen of a thoroughbred” following his gusty victory in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

It would be easy to envisage Richard Hannon’s link with the Coolmore empire growing stronger after an emphatic Salisbury victory for Pink Sapphire.

Pour Moi snatched victory in the shadow of the post to land the Investec Derby at Epsom from Treasure Beach and the Queen’s Carlton House.

Kieren Fallon will have to wait until the morning to find out if he will be able to ride Recital in the Investec Derby after a day of drama at the High Court in London.

A decision on whether Pour Moi runs in the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 4 has still to be made.

A decision on whether Pour Moi runs in the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 4 has still to be made.

JOHNNY MURTAGH yesterday ended months of speculation when resigning as stable jockey to Ballydoyle-Coolmore.

Johnny Murtagh has released a statement revealing he will no longer ride as stable jockey to Coolmore and Ballydoyle.

RAJIK completed a hat-trick when producing a gutsy performance in the listed Ardilaun Hotel Oyster Stakes at Galway yesterday, getting up close home to foil fellow joint-favourite Address Unknown by a head.

CHAMPION jockey Johnny Murtagh, who returned to action after a six-day suspension on the ill-fated Age Of Aquarius at Goodwood last Thursday, regained the winning habit when doubling up on two-year-olds Lake Ontario and Lightening Thief at Naas yesterday.

INTERNATIONAL campaigner Dermot Weld avenged the narrow defeats of Vinnie Roe and Vintage Crop in the Gold Cup as Rite Of Passage gallantly claimed the highlight on Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Rite Of Passage sprung a 20-1 surprise as he made a triumphant return to the Flat in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Cape Blanco turned in a hugely impressive performance to give Aidan O’Brien his fourth success in the totesport Dante Stakes at York.

Johnny Murtagh has been crowned Ireland’s champion Flat jockey.

THE Korean Racing Authority Tyros Stakes has produced its share of stars in recent seasons and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Cape Blanco produced an impressive display to land last night’s renewal at Leopardstown, a performance which stamped him another potentially high-class colt.

SEAMUS Heffernan, who will partner Fame And Glory in today’s Investec Derby, received a timely boost when recording a double on Man Of Iron and Skating at Navan last night, both horses carrying the purple and white colours of Derrick Smith, which Heffernan will don for classic action this afternoon.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has replaced three officials in a cabinet reshuffle, which included appointing the violence-wracked country’s third national security minister in less than two years.