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.

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

Today’s Group 1 Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes looks an ordinary renewal of the race and there are sufficient doubts about those at the top of the market to look down the line for some value.

After two pleasing efforts this season, today should be the day we see what Telescope is truly made of, and he earns the nap selection to give trainer Michael Stoute his eighth victory in the Hardwicke Stakes.

The Queen’s Vase is a race worth getting involved in on day four of the Royal Ascot meeting and the John Gosden-trained Marzocco looks the type to appreciate the step up to two miles on fast ground, and the lightly raced colt can continue his progress with victory here.

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.

Aidan O’Brien is wary about the prospect of soft ground at Epsom next Saturday for Investec Derby favourite Australia.

Aidan O’Brien is back on the Gold Cup trail at Ascot with Leading Light and it is going to be fascinating to see how this pans out next month.

Trainer Alan King wants to run Grumeti in the Stan James Champion Hurdle following his pleasing return to action at Wincanton on Saturday.

Frankel’s first foal has been born to Group Three-winning mare Chrysanthemum.

Jockey Tom Queally, the man associated closely with the mighty Frankel, is to leave his job as stable jockey at Warren Place and will ride as a freelance next year.

Jane Cecil plans to be firmly active at the sales and would “love to win a Group One” next season after confirming she is to continue to train from the historic Warren Place stables in Newmarket.

Trainer Ralph Beckett is confident Epsom heroine Talent is in the best possible shape as she aims to complete the English-Irish Oaks double at the Curragh this evening.

James Fanshawe is keeping his fingers crossed race specialist Society Rock gets the breaks as he aims to regain his crown in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Estimate provided Queen Elizabeth with a famous triumph when she captured the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Riposte provided the Royal Ascot crowd with the win they were all craving for Lady Cecil in the Ribblesdale Stakes.

Leading National Hunt trainer Jonjo O’Neill claimed the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot as Well Sharp carried the familiar silks of JP McManus to a determined victory.

Royal Ascot paid its respects to the late Sir Henry Cecil with a minute’s silence before the opening race of the five-day meeting.

I was sad to hear of the death of one of British Horse Racing’s well-liked personalities, Henry Cecil, after his successful long career as a trainer.

Morpheus gave Lady Jane Cecil an emotional first success since she took over the licence from her husband Sir Henry Cecil, who died on Tuesday, when landing an emphatic victory at Nottingham yesterday.

A private funeral for Henry Cecil will be held in Newmarket on Monday week, it has been announced.

Dawn Approach has emerged a surprise contender for Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Leading owner Prince Khalid Abdullah paid tribute to “genius” Henry Cecil following the legendary trainer’s death on Tuesday.

Stable jockey Tom Queally last night hailed Frankel trainer Henry Cecil as “pure class” as he led a flood of tributes for the legendary Warren Place maestro, who died yesterday at the age of 70.

The 10-time champion trainer has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 70.

Jockey Frankie Dettori still hopes to be able to ride at the Investec Derby meeting this weekend following a further meeting with France Galop officials yesterday.

Maxios got up close home to deny Planteur in the Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp.

Irish jockey Eddie Ahern will appeal the 10-year disqualification imposed on him by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) following the conclusion of a corruption hearing.

Battle Of Marengo made it five wins in a row but was only workmanlike in claiming victory in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown.

Reigning champion jockey Richard Hughes has accumulated a host of top-flight European races during his career but finally corrected one glaring omission as Sky Lantern provided his first British classic in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

No Heretic made a stylish return to action in the Qipco Supporting British Racing Stakes at Newmarket.

Aidan O’Brien’s Moth looked an incredibly exciting filly at the Curragh on her reappearance and, on the strength of the performance, connections decided to spend the £30,000 to supplement the filly for tomorrow’s Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Classic-winning Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni is to face a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing after samples taken from 11 horses in his care in Newmarket were found to contain traces of anabolic steroids.

Ger Lyons will search for a Group Three prize for Lily’s Angel before possibly having a trip to Royal Ascot and the Windsor Forest Stakes.

Winning Express bids to quell some stamina doubts when she steps up to seven furlongs for the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket today.

Henry Cecil admitted he is “hurt” and “upset” by the contents of a new biography written by veteran journalist Brough Scott.

Sir Henry Cecil admitted he is “hurt” and “upset” by the contents of a new biography written by veteran journalist Brough Scott.

Frankel was finally granted the ultimate position in the recent history of Flat racing as the World Thoroughbred Rankings announced him as the highest-rated horse since their system began in 1977 with a mark of 140.

Frankel has been named Cartier Horse Of The Year for the second time at an awards ceremony in London.

Trainer Henry Cecil said Frankel provided him with “strength” during a season in which he is undergoing treatment for stomach cancer.

First Mohican, who once ran the mighty Frankel close on the gallops, puts his unbeaten record on the line in the Betfred November Handicap at Doncaster today.

Henry Cecil bade farewell to Frankel today as the world’s best racehorse left his Warren Place stable in Newmarket to begin his new career as a stallion.