Dawn Approach will bid to give his trainer, Jim Bolger, a first British 2000 Guineas victory when he puts his unbeaten record on the line in the first Classic of the season, this afternoon at Newmarket.

Pedro The Great, ridden by Seamus Heffernan, gave Aidan O’Brien a record twelfth Keeneland Phoenix Stakes success at the Curragh yesterday.

The Famous Name roadshow rolled on at Leopardstown last night as the seven-year-old recorded his twelfth win on the Foxrock track when justifying 30/100 favouritism in the Group 3 Jockey Club Of Turkey Meld Stakes.

Back from Royal Ascot, where he partnered Saddler’s Rock to finish a close third in the Ascot Gold Cup, Johnny Murtagh landed the listed Glencairn Stakes on odds-on favourite Takar at Leopardstown last night.

I really had to smile when reading earlier in the week about the so-called sustained gamble on Aidan O’Brien’s Cristoforo Colombo for next Tuesday’s Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Jamie Spencer is looking forward to being reunited with Fame And Glory as they go for back-to-back victories in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot tomorrow week.

Excelebration, a Group 1 winner for Marco Botti last season made a successful debut for Aidan O’Brien when outclassing his six rivals in the Big Bad Bob Gladness Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

THE weight of money for Wonder Of Wonders in tomorrow’s Darley Irish Oaks suggests the filly is poised to reverse Investec Oaks form with Dancing Rain and if that is the case it will bring trainer Aidan O’Brien one step closer to a second Irish Classic clean sweep.

JOHN OXX can continue his terrific campaign by saddling Mourayan to land the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

ONCE-raced Waajida can continue the Dermot Weld success-story at Ballybrit this week by taking the Dawn Juice EBF Maiden at Galway today.

RIP Van Winkle tore the BGC Sussex Stakes field at Glorious Goodwood yesterday to pieces and earned an elusive Group One success after a series of near-misses against dual Classic winner Sea The Stars.

Rip Van Winkle tore the BGC Sussex Stakes field at Glorious Goodwood to pieces and earned an elusive Group One success after a series of near-misses against dual Classic winner Sea The Stars.

AIDAN O’Brien likened Mastercraftsman to Giant’s Causeway as the devilishly tough colt wrestled the St James’s Palace Stakes from the clutches of Delegator yesterday.

Aidan O'Brien likened Mastercraftsman to Giant's Causeway as the devilishly tough colt wrestled the St James's Palace Stakes from the clutches of Delegator.

New Approach and Curlin shared top billing in the World Thoroughbred Rankings unveiled today at a ceremony in London.

NEW APPROACH will begin his stud career with the title of Horse Racing Ireland’s Horse of the Year for 2008.

THE NOMINEES for the sixth annual Horse Racing Ireland awards underline the rich seam of quality in the sport at present.

John Gosden’s Raven’s Pass created history at Santa Anita by becoming the first horse trained in Britain to win the €6.25m Breeders’ Cup Classic.

JOHNNY MURTAGH is confident Duke of Marmalade can help him realise both his and Aidan O’Brien’s dreams of a Breeders’ Cup Classic victory tonight.

There may be plenty of questions nagging trainer Steve Asmussen about Curlin’s Breeders’ Cup Classic title defence at Santa Anita on Saturday, but for most of those outside his barn, the superstar has all the answers.

Johnny Murtagh is confident Duke of Marmalade can realise his dream of a Breeders’ Cup Classic victory at Santa Anita on Saturday night.

AIDAN O’BRIEN insists he will not let his “disaster day” at Monmouth Park last year cloud his enthusiasm for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

AN ENCOURAGING draw for Aidan O’Brien’s Duke of Marmalade saw the five-time Group One winner shortened in the market for Saturday night’s $5 million (€3.82m) Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Jimmy Fortune felt it was in the best interests of Raven's Pass to give up the mount in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.

AIDAN O’BRIEN has confirmed Johnny Murtagh is likely to take the ride aboard five-times Group One winner Duke Of Marmalade in the forthcoming Breeders’ Cup meeting, which gets under way at Santa Anita on Friday week.

Johnny Murtagh is poised to ride Duke Of Marmalade rather than stablemate Henrythenavigator in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.

Derby winner New Approach will face 10 rivals as he bids to land a third Group One of the season in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien is planning to let both Duke Of Marmalade and Henrythenavigator tackle the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.

ARCHIPENKO is set for a key gallop next week ahead of his bid for Champion Stakes glory at Newmarket on October 18.

Trainers and jockeys condemned Ascot officials for watering the track before their three-day Queen Elizabeth II Stakes meeting.

Raven’s Pass (3-1) finally got the big win his efforts deserved as he outfought long-time nemesis Henrythenavigator in a thrilling renewal of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

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WHAT this afternoon’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot lacks in numbers it makes up for in quality as Henrythenavigator represents the Irish and English Guineas form in an intriguing contest with leading French miler Tamayuz and the incredibly consistent and sometimes brilliant Raven’s Pass.

JUST seven runners will take to the track in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot – but the anticipated match between Henrythenavigator and Tamayuz is still on.

Henrythenavigator is clear favourite with Coral for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes following some strong support.

BOOKMAKERS are struggling to split Henrythenavigator and Tamayuz as two of the season’s top milers prepare to lock horns in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

AIDAN O’Brien has confirmed that Irish St Leger winner Septimus is to be aimed at the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 4.

Goldikova showed a beguiling turn of foot to lower the colours of Henrythenavigator in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp.

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR sunk on an unfavourably soft surface as Freddie Head chalked up his sixth Group One success of the year courtesy of Goldikova in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp yesterday.

Freddie Head’s golden season continued apace at Longchamp as Goldikova claimed the scalp of Henrythenavigator in the Prix du Moulin.

Seamus Heffernan has received the call-up for Duke Of Marmalade in the rescheduled Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Warsaw made the perfect start to his career with trainer Mike de Kock at Kempton today in circumstances rather different than those he has been accustomed to.

The Juddmonte International may have been moved from its traditional home at York due to the unseasonal weather, but there was a distinct case of deja vu about the result.

JIM Bolger does not expect New Approach to be troubled by his abortive trip to York as he lines up in the rescheduled Juddmonte International at Newmarket today.