Charlie Appleby will delay his decision over Line Of Duty’s possible participation in next month’s Investec Derby.

Pat Smullen is relishing the opportunity to partner Cracksman in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday.

Childhood dreams turned into reality for unheralded jockey Padraig Beggy after he gained a fairytale success aboard huge outsider Wings Of Eagles in the Investec Derby at Epsom.

Frankie Dettori moved to within two winners of his 3,000th success in Britain as Hollywood Road prevailed close home in the Tamdown Handicap at Newmarket.

Michael Stoute moved within one winner of the late great Henry Cecil’s Royal Ascot record as Frankie Dettori shone aboard Across The Stars in the King Edward VII Stakes.

Arguably the best week of racing of the year gets underway this afternoon, when Royal Ascot kicks off with the Queen Anne Stakes. 

Air Force Blue is set to go off the shortest-priced Qipco 2000 Guineas favourite since the mighty Frankel at Newmarket today.

Triple Crown hero American Pharoah has been named the 2015 Longines World’s Best Racehorse at a ceremony in London.

Fastnet Rock, West Cork’s emblematic lighthouse, casts a little of its long thin shadow over Ireland’s finest flat racing extravaganza this weekend.

Aidan O’Brien has nominated dual Guineas hero Gleneagles for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in which he could take on American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.

When Gleneagles was declared a non-runner Golden Horn was supposed to face a fairly straightforward task in the Juddmonte International at York – but no one banked on Arabian Queen causing a 50-1 upset.

Arguably, the three most useful words in a sports fans vocabulary are ‘THE – YEAR — OF.’

If the clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles goes ahead at York in the Juddmonte International Stakes next Wednesday it will surely be compulsive viewing, even for those who only have a passing interest in Flat racing.

A statue of five-time Ascot winner Frankel was unveiled by the Queen of England on the opening day of this year’s meeting.

A quiet Saturday in. Perfect.

A filly by the brilliant Frankel out of the 2007 English and Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Finsceal Beo has been sold for €1.8 million at Goffs November Sale, a record for a foal at public auction in Ireland.

Dungarvan jockey Tom Queally has been banned from driving for 22 months after claiming he was sleepwalking while drink-driving.

Kingman was crowned Cartier Horse of the Year at the 24th annual Cartier Racing Awards in London last night.

James Doyle is unlikely to appeal against the seven-day ban and £10,000 fine he received following his fairytale victory on Noble Mission in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Trainer Corine Barande-Barbe is taking nothing for granted as her French superstar Cirrus Des Aigles bids to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Cirrus Des Aigles (13/8) and FreeEagle (3/1) and now head the market with Paddy Power for Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot following the defection of Australia and the news that The Grey Gatsby won’t run despite being left in the race but will stay in training next year.

Dermot Weld’s hugely exciting colt Free Eagle remains on target for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot later this month.

John Gosden’s grip on the top level of British Flat racing tightened even further as Kingman again showed stunning acceleration to prise Goodwood’s Qipco Sussex Stakes away from Toronado yesterday.

Noble Mission had to settle for second place behind Germany Derby runner-up Lucky Lion in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis at Munich.

It was a day that the sun gave after it had taken.

A son of the great Frankel, together with his dam Crystal Gaze, was sold for £1,150,000 (€1.4m) to MV Magnier in the inaugural Goffs London Sale at The Orangery, Kensington Palace last evening.

I absolutely adore Royal Ascot and am very much looking forward to the next few days.

Those of us who enjoyed a minor pay-day with Australia in last Saturday’s Epsom Derby can thank our lucky stars!

Australia will not run in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 28 if the ground is testing.

Lady Cecil’s Noble Mission continued his incredible transformation with a first Group One victory in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.