WILD plants have flowered extravagantly this summer.

Ouija Board found it all too much in the desert heat as she and jockey Kieren Fallon were tactically outfought in the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad al Sheba.

Electrocutionist impressed on his debut for Godolphin when charging home in the Group Three Maktoum Challenge III at Nad Al Sheba.

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Aidan O'Brien has confirmed Oratorio, Gypsy King, Grand Central and Almighty as his four runners in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

AIDAN O’BRIEN has confirmed Oratorio, Gypsy King, Grand Central and Almighty as his four runners in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien has confirmed Oratorio, Gypsy King, Grand Central and Almighty as his four runners in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

DERBY dreams came to life at York yesterday as Motivator maintained his unbeaten record with a stylish and forthright success in the totesport Dante Stakes.

Motivator underlined his Vodafone Derby claims with a stylish win in the totesport Dante Stakes at York today.

Motivator, ante-post favourite for the Vodafone Derby, will face five rivals as he makes his seasonal bow in the totesport Dante Stakes at York tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien and Kieren Fallon’s raid to Longchamp this afternoon got off to an inauspicious start when Falstaff finished out of the places in the opening Prix La Force.

SOLERINA, returning from a two months break and backed from 4-6 to 1-2, ran her rivals ragged to land the John Harney Bookmaker Race at Tipperary last night.

CRYSTAL VIEW, trained by Kevin Prendergast, came late and fast to beat Imperial Rose and Falstaff in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Premier Nursery at the final stage of the Tralee Festival yesterday.

THE husband and wife team of Pat Smullen and Frances Crowley combined to take the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Race with Kay Two at a soaking wet Tipperary last night.

AIDAN O’BRIEN has possibilities of a treble at Tipperary this evening, with three different pilots aboard.

RORY CLEARY, fresh from finishing top flat jockey jockey at the Galway Festival, was on the mark again at Tipperary last night when guiding Nic’s Colleen to a smooth success in the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap.

KEVIN PRENDERGAST’S Defi can win a fascinating little four-runner Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Race at Tipperary this evening.

KEVIN PRENDERGAST’S Defi can win a fascinating little four-runner Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Race at Tipperary this evening.