Michael Stoute can usually be relied upon to have a smart batch of three-year-olds and Tajaaweed and Patkai looked as though they should pay their way in 2008 after making winning debuts at Nottingham.

DUAL 2000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel has been retired after suffering a training setback.

Cockney Rebel is set to have his first piece of work on Wednesday since fracturing a pelvis at Royal Ascot.

Dual Guineas hero Cockney Rebel is reported to be sore after his surprise defeat in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Dual Classic hero Cockney Rebel tops an eight-strong field for Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

COCKNEY REBEL will face a maximum of 10 rivals in his bid to land the St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot next week.

Cockney Rebel will face a maximum of 10 rivals in his bid to land the St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot.

Eoghan O’Neill is to wait for suitable conditions before committing Vital Equine to his next race following his disappointing show in the Irish 2000 Guineas.

Connections of Cockney Rebel are “just coming down to earth” after the colt became the first since Rock Of Gibraltar in 2002 to land the Irish 2000 Guineas on the back of the English equivalent.

Cockney Rebel followed up his Newmarket Guineas win with another Classic success in the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

DUKE Of Marmalade gets the vote to beat Cockney Rebel in the Boylesports’ Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh this afternoon.

AIDAN O’Brien’s Duke Of Marmalade is now as short as 3-1 for Saturday’s Boylesports 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Aidan O’Brien has suggested that Vodafone Derby fancy Eagle Mountain is more likely to run in the Boylesports 2000 Guineas at the Curragh next weekend.

Geoff Huffer revealed Cockney Rebel is likely to bid for more Classic glory in the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas.

JIM BOLGER has all but extinguished any lingering hopes the sidelined Teofilo will make the line up for the Vodafone Derby at Epsom next month.

Jim Bolger has all but extinguished any lingering hopes the sidelined Teofilo will make the line up for the Vodafone Derby at Epsom next month.

Geoff Huffer rates Cockney Rebel’s success in the Stan James 2000 Guineas as the “ultimate” victory in his training career.

Cockney Rebel, trained by Geoff Huffer and ridden by Olivier Peslier, won the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Olivier Peslier will ride the Geoff Huffer-trained Cockney Rebel in the Stan James 2000 Guineas next Saturday.

Cockney Rebel is back in the Stan James 2000 Guineas picture after delighting connections in a racecourse gallop at Lingfield.

Jockey Eddie Ahern and trainer Ed Dunlop brightened up a low-key card at Lingfield with two winners apiece today.

GEOFF HUFFER’S promising juvenile Heroes has earned himself a step up in grade after outclassing 12 rivals in a Windsor maiden yesterday.

Brian Meehan’s recent York winner Doctor Brown heads the 15 entries left at the five-day stage for the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

Geoff Huffer’s Cockney Rebel is in grand form ahead of his bid for the Sportsman Newspaper Champagne Stakes at York on Saturday.

HURRICANE RUN and Ouija Board could be set for a fascinating clash in Saturday’s Baileys Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Frankie Dettori got off to a winning start on the final day of the Ebor meeting at York, steering Doctor Brown to success in the £300,000 (€442,100) St Leger Yearling Stakes.

Quenched battled on in determined fashion to provide John Gosden with his fourth success in the last 10 years in the VC Bet Aphrodite Stakes at Newmarket.

Godolphin’s boys in blue were the men to follow at Windsor and Pontefract after Frankie Dettori and Kerrin McEvoy landed seven races between them on Monday.

Kevin Ryan is triple-handed in tomorrow’s William Hill Trophy at York as he aims for further glory on the Knavesmire.

Seb Sanders showed great powers of improvisation today when he overcame a slipped saddle to pilot Extreme Beauty to victory at Yarmouth.

Johnny Murtagh is to take a few days off from race-riding in order to stabilise his weight.