Andre Fabre has an eighth Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe success in his sights after Manduro proved his stamina over a mile and a half in the Prix Foy at Longchamp.

Aidan O’Brien has declared his two big guns, Yeats and Scorpion, in a bid to win the Irish Field St Leger for the first time at the Curragh on Saturday.

Two of Mike De Kock’s stable stars, Irridescence and Asiatic Boy, were put through their paces on Newmarket’s July course this morning.

Ivy Creek’s second season in 2006 was curtailed by a back problem but he is making up for lost time and gained a second Listed race in a month at Pontefract.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion tops a field of seven for the Blue Square Ormonde Stakes at Chester on Friday.

Aidan O’Brien believes Septimus “could be a serious horse” after his eyecatching victory at the Curragh.

SEPTIMUS made a victorious comeback with a game display in the High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Septimus faces six rivals on his first start since last year’s Vodafone Derby at the Curragh tomorrow.

St Leger winner Sixties Icon has, as expected, been supplemented for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Kastoria upset hot favourite Yeats to win the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh today.

Sixties Icon is odds-on to claim glory in the Ladbrokes St Leger on Saturday following the defection of his main market rival, the Mick Channon-trained Youmzain.

Youmzain is to bypass the Ladbrokes St Leger for which he was second favourite in the ante-post market.

William Haggas has delayed a crucial workout for his Ladbrokes St Leger entry Mont Etoile.

Librettist is set to return to Group One company on his next start after landing the Group Three Prix Messidor at Maisons-Laffitte.

FOUR horses have been supplemented for Sunday’s Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh.

DARRYLL HOLLAND is hoping the ground at the Curragh will be suitable for Dragon Dancer to take his chance in the Budweiser Irish Derby.

Darryll Holland is hoping the ground at the Curragh will be suitable for Dragon Dancer to take his chance in the Budweiser Irish Derby.

Dragon Dancer, runner-up in the Vodafone Derby, could bypass a tilt at the Irish equivalent in favour of a run at Royal Ascot.

VODAFONE Derby hero Sir Percy is a 5-2 shot with Cashmans to land the Irish equivalent at the Curragh in four weeks time.

Vodafone Derby hero Sir Percy has been installed as the 9-4 favourite to land the Irish equivalent at the Curragh in four weeks’ time.

Darryll Holland believes the Curragh would suit Vodafone Derby runner-up Dragon Dancer much better than Epsom did.

Sir Percy could attempt a Classic double at the Curragh next month following his last-gasp success in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom.

Hughie Morrison’s evergreen stayer Alcazar bids for back-to-back victories in the Hesmonds Stud Sagaro Stakes at Lingfield tomorrow.

Day Flight set himself up for what trainer John Gosden hopes will be a productive campaign in top middle-distance races when getting the better of Notable Guest in the Betfred Gordon Richard Stakes at Sandown.

Grand Passion booked his place in betdirect.co.uk Lingfield Winter Derby next month with a smooth victory in the dress rehearsal over the course and distance.

Alcazar will try to reverse Prix du Cadran form with Reefscape when the pair line up in the Group One Prix Royal-Oak at Longchamp on Sunday.

Vinnie Roe will bid to firmly entrench himself in the history books at the Curragh tomorrow when trying to land the Irish Field St Leger for the fifth consecutive year.

FOUR-TIME Irish Field St Leger winner Vinnie Roe heads 17 horses confirmed at the five-day stage for the Curragh Classic on Saturday.

Connections of Imperial Stride, trained by Michael Stoute (pictured) have high hopes their progressive colt can complete a four-timer in the 32Red.com September Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

Doctor Scott can take the step up from maiden company to Listed class in his stride with victory in the Weatherbys Bank Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury tomorrow.

Polar Jem spearheads a strong British challenge in Deauville this weekend as the ultra-tough mare takes her chance in the Group Two Prix Jean Romanet.

Steve Drowne gained a measure of compensation for finishing aboard the runner-up in the July Cup in midweek when powering Autumn Glory to a neck success today in the first ever Group race to be staged on an all-weather surface in Britain.

Day Flight is one of seven British-trained entries for the Group Three Attheraces Curragh Cup on Saturday.

Top Australian sprinter Fastnet Rock will miss Royal Ascot at York next week as he has not recovered from a bout of travel sickness following his arrival in England.

James Eustace has big plans for Orcadian, who makes his seasonal reappearance at Newbury tomorrow in the Dubai Tennis Championships Stakes.

HUMBLE OPINION gets the vote to open his account at Lingfield today on the strength of a promising debut run.

Geoff Wragg’s pair Asian Heights and The Whistling Teal are among a field of eight declared for the Stan James St Simon Stakes at today’s 48-hour final stage.

DUBAWI produced a breathtaking performance to run away with the Dunnes Stores National Stakes at the Curragh yesterday and evoke memories of his sire, the brilliant but ill-fated Dubai Millennium.

Vinnie Roe will bid to make racing history on Saturday by going for his fourth successive victory in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

Vinnie Roe is on course to bid for a fourth successive victory in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh on Saturday.

DUAL Ascot Gold Cup winner Royal Rebel heads the entries for the totesport Cesarewitch at Newmarket on October 16.

Grand Passion will bid to follow up his Curragh success in June when he returns to Ireland on Sunday to contest the Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown.

Attraction will face six rivals in the UAE Equestrian And Racing Federation Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.