Tom Hogan is gearing up for a rare Royal Ascot runner with Gordon Lord Byron in the Wokingham Stakes.

Richard Hughes may have suffered disappointment in the feature race of the day at the Curragh, but Cay Verde provided some consolation as he booked his Royal Ascot ticket.

Dermot Weld is targeting the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas with his exciting filly Yellow Rosebud.

TONIGHT’S meeting at Dundalk is the fourth last of the Flat season, with the conclusion at Leopardstown on Sunday, November 6, and the battle for the Jockeys’ Championship is going down to the wire.

THE attendance at last Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown was 8,289 and that seems to have satisfied the management at the track and the people in authority in racing.

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.

Emulous took within her stride the step up to Group One company with a superb performance in the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.

The Champion Stakes at Leopardstown is the highlight of the weekend's action and I can't entertain any other result than a victory for So You Think but, if you're expecting a flashy performance, you may be disappointed.

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.

The progressive Emulous crowned a superb weekend for millionaire owner Khalid Abdullah when outclassing her rivals in the listed Garnet Stakes at Naas yesterday.

Dermot Weld’s Emulous continued her excellent run of form with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Garnet Stakes at Naas.

AIDAN O’Brien’s Beethoven (2-1 favourite) appreciated a drop in class in the Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown last night to provide his son, Joseph, with a first Pattern-race success.

THERE may be only five runners in the Group 3 Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown tonight, but it promises a fascinating contest.

KITTY KIERNAN, now that she’s back on song, can land the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Brownstown Stakes for fillies at Fairyhouse tonight.

Dermot Weld’s winning two-year-olds Moonlit Garden and Oor Jock are both heading for Royal Ascot.

CHIEF Lone Eagle can pull rank on his opponents in the Listed Navigation Stakes at Cork this afternoon.