Duke Of Marmalade will face 12 rivals as he aims to land a third successive Group One victory in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

Hattan served notice he can take high order in middle-distance Group races this summer when producing a smart change of gear to land the betdirect.com Winter Derby for Clive Brittain at Lingfield.

SPONSORS betdirect make Gerard Butler’s Silver Pivotal their 9-4 favourite to land the spoils in today’s Winter Derby at Lingfield.

Gerard Butler has high hopes of a big run from Silver Pivotal in the betdirect.com Winter Derby at Lingfield tomorrow.

Old rivals Notnowcato and Dylan Thomas are among a star-studded field of seven declared for the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

DYLAN THOMAS will face a maximum of 10 rivals in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

Sir Percy bids to become the first horse since Roberto 34 years ago to follow up his Derby triumph in the Vodafone Coronation Cup 12 months later.

ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE aims to supplement a brilliant win in Dubai with another valuable success on sand when he tackles the Betdirect Winter Derby today.

Clive Brittain hopes globetrotting five-year-old Hattan can register a valuable success at home in tomorrow’s Betdirect Winter Derby at Lingfield.

CONNECTIONS of Irish Derby third Best Alibi expect him to regain the winning thread in today’s Group Two Skybet York Stakes.

Connections of Irish Derby third Best Alibi expect him to regain the winning thread in tomorrow’s Group Two Skybet York Stakes.

Multiple Group One winner Ouija Board heads a field of nine in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

Brian Meehan has issued an upbeat bulletin ahead of David Junior’s tilt at the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday.

Blue Monday and Snoqualmie Boy have been supplemented for an all-star renewal of Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

Clive Brittain’s Hattan will miss his intended engagement in Saturday’s Listed Magnolia Stakes due to an abscess on a tooth.

Ryan Moore rates hot favourite Scorpion as the main danger to his mount Hard Top in tomorrow’s Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

DERMOT WELD will only run Grey Swallow in the Baileys Irish Champion Stakes if there is significant rainfall ahead of the Group One contest at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Michael Stoute is hoping Hard Top can finally break his Ladbrokes St Leger jinx and lift the Doncaster race on Saturday.

Classic action abounds on all sides this week, with top-class racing not only in Britain but also here in Ireland and France including Scorpion, trained by Aidan O'Brien.

Hattan is firmly on course for next month’s Ladbrokes St Leger after delighting connections in his prep run at Windsor.

All-weather horse of the year Eccentric could have booked a ticket to America after giving trainer Andrew Reid his first Group winner in the totepool Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor.

Grand Prix de Paris winner Scorpion remains the even-money favourite with the sponsors for the Ladbrokes St Leger following the latest forfeit stage.

Walk In The Park and Scorpion, second in the English and Irish Derby respectively, head 39 entries for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on September 10.

Scorpion and Walk In The Park, second in the Irish and English Derby respectively, head 39 entries for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on September 10.

Motivator raised the roof at Epsom today as the 3-1 favourite powered to victory in the Vodafone Derby.

Motivator raised the roof at Epsom today as the 3-1 favourite powered to victory in the Vodafone Derby.

Michael Kinane will attempt to roll back the years when he seeks to emulate Galileo’s success in 2001 on the Aidan O’Brien-trained Oratorio in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

Kieren Fallon will ride Dee Stakes winner Gypsy King in Saturday’s Vodafone Derby with Mick Kinane taking the mount on stablemate Oratorio.

Ante-post favourite Motivator heads a field of 14 set to go to post for Saturday’s Vodafone Derby at Epsom.

Looking for his third successive Vodafone Derby winner, Kieren Fallon moved a step closer to naming his choice for Saturday’s Epsom showpiece today.

GRAND CENTRAL can put himself in line for a tilt at the Epsom Derby by landing the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Hattan struck another big-race blow for Clive Brittain when producing a gritty display to land the MBNA Europe Bank Chester Vase this afternoon.

FRACAS entered the Classic picture as he led home a one-two for Ireland in the Betfred Classic Trial at Sandown Park yesterday.

Fracas and Merger will bid to add to Ireland’s impressive haul of recent British races when the pair line up for the Betfred Classic Trial at Sandown.