THE extent to which Ballydoyle has left all of the opposition in this country trailing miles behind in its wake was further emphasised by that 1-2-3 in Sunday’s Irish Derby at the Curragh.

AIDAN O’BRIEN believes there is no rush to decide who will partner So You Think in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.

FAMOUS Name, which struggled in Group 1 company last time, bounced back to winning form when coasting to an easy six lengths victory over Jan Vermeer in the featured Group 3 Irish Daily Mail International at the Curragh last night.

Famous Name bagged a seventh Group Three success as he strolled to victory in the Irish Daily Mail International Stakes at the Curragh.

DERBY weekend at the Curragh starts with a very low-key six-race card tonight, where the feature is the Group 3 Irish Daily Mail International Stakes.

GODOLPHIN broke back into the Royal Ascot spotlight as Rewilding hunted down the Australian giant So You Think in a captivating Prince of Wales’s Stakes yesterday.

Frankie Dettori opened his account at the Royal meeting when Rewilding claimed the red-hot favourite So You Think close home in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

So You Think is a red-hot favourite to land his first British Group One when he faces six rivals in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

WILLIE MULLINS makes one of his rare forays to the Royal meeting with Rattan in the Ascot Stakes today.

So You Think is a red-hot favourite to land his first British Group One when he faces six rivals in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

CANFORD Cliffs remains firmly on course for Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot after coming through a racecourse gallop at Kempton with flying colours.

So You Think takes top billing among 11 remaining entries for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

Richard Fahey may have been out of luck with Wootton Bassett in the French Guineas but his excellent form continued as Kay Gee Bee landed the feature race at Ripon.

CANFORD Cliffs is set for his clash with Twice Over after the pair remained among a field of 11 at the five-day stage of this weekend’s JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

CASAMENTO has been confirmed a definite runner in Saturday’s Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

A TALL, dark, hairy Irish male is being shipped to Britain in order to console three bereaved females at London Zoo.

HE’S not exactly tall, dark and handsome, but zookeepers are hoping a new gorilla being introduced at London Zoo will be a hit with the ladies.

COLM O’Donoghue has come in for the plum ride on Cape Blanco in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Colm O'Donoghue has come in for the plum ride on Cape Blanco in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

WHEN you watch a lot of racing there aren’t many occasions when the performance of a horse makes you sit up and take particular notice.

Cape Blanco bounced right back to his best to give Aidan O’Brien a fifth consecutive Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh – and could now clash with old foe Workforce at Ascot next month.

AIDAN O’BRIEN, for the third time in his career, saddled the first three in yesterday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Cape Blanco got every yard of the mile and a half to give Aidan O'Brien a fifth successive victory in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh today.

CAPE BLANCO gets the vote to land the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh tomorrow.

Could the person with the handle on Ballydoyle’s middle distance three-year-olds please put their hand up? Tomorrow’s Dubai Duty Free Derby is their Derby.

JIM Bolger has two shots at interrupting Aidan O’Brien’s monopoly on the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby as Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn head for the Curragh tomorrow.

Jim Bolger has two shots at interrupting Aidan O’Brien’s monopoly on the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby as Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn head for the Curragh on Sunday.

All 11 horses have stood their ground at the final declaration stage for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday.

AIDAN O’Brien admits stable jockey Johnny Murtagh faces a tough choice ahead of Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Aidan O’Brien admits stable jockey Johnny Murtagh faces a tough choice ahead of Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

SUPPLEMENTARY entry Monterosso is as low as 3-1 in one book for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday.

Royal Ascot hero Monterosso has been supplemented for Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

PAUL NOLAN’S Cuan Na Grai will prove hard to beat in the Town and District Chase at Tipperary tonight.

AIDAN O’BRIEN hopes to have St Nicholas Abbey back in action in time for the big races in the autumn.

Aidan O'Brien hopes to have St Nicholas Abbey back in action in time for the big races in the autumn.

NO matter what you have to do next Tuesday make sure to get in front of a television for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot at 2.30.

A DISAPPOINTING weekend for Aidan O’Brien got worse yesterday when he suffered his second dose of Derby misery in 24 hours.

DERBY winner Workforce could be even better than last year’s Epsom hero Sea The Stars.

Workforce gave Michael Stoute his fifth success in the Investec Derby at Epsom with a brilliant performance under Ryan Moore.

JOHNNY Murtagh is convinced Jan Vermeer, his mount in today’s Derby, is the ideal type for Epsom.

THE absence of St Nicholas Abbey takes some of the intrigue from today’s Investec Epsom Derby but, for all that the Ballydoyle team will miss the horse they believed ‘could walk on water’, the stable dominated the major trials and appears to hold all the aces today.

FINALLY, we can get down to business this afternoon, leaving all the St Nicholas Abbey drama behind us, and concentrate on the most exciting flat race in the world, the Epsom Derby.

IN a routine act of Gallic indifference, the French – having mopped up Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas with Makfi – have turned their backs on Epsom in favour of keeping their equine blue bloods at home for Sunday’s equivalent colts’ classic at Chantilly.

JOHN McCRIRICK has plumped for Rewilding at Epsom today – but not with tremendous confidence in what he describes as an “enigmatic” Investec Derby.