Times Up will have to overcome the formidable presence of the Queen’s Estimate if he is to create a remarkable piece of history in today’s Socialites Electric Cigarettes Doncaster Cup.

Barry Connell must feel like kicking something.

The once-powerful association of Henry Cecil and the Wildenstein family is revived this weekend as Andromeda Galaxy makes her debut for the trainer at Gowran Park on Sunday.

Times Up was a fairytale winner for soon-to-retire John Dunlop when putting up a classy staying performance in the Stobart Doncaster Cup.

Willie Carson saluted John Dunlop as “one of the true legends of the sport” after the veteran trainer announced he is to retire at the end of the current British Flat season, the end of a career that saw him send out over 3,500 winners.

Qahriman, the first reserve for the Betfred Ebor, will run in the valuable handicap at York today after Harlestone Times was declared a non-runner.

Qahriman, the first reserve for the Betfred Ebor, will run in the valuable handicap at York tomorrow after Harlestone Times was declared a non-runner.

Fame And Glory will be on a retrieval mission if he lines up for the Prix Maurice de Nieuil over a mile and three-quarters at Longchamp on Saturday.

I am looking forward to Derby weekend with great relish as I have a lot of fond memories surrounding the festival.

Black Caviar will command all the attention at Royal Ascot this afternoon but unless you’re a big punter or a price-starved Australian used to looking at odds as short as 1-33, she’s unlikely to make any appeal from a punting perspective.

A total of 17 high-class horses are still engaged in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Fame And Glory has been installed as the 5-4 favourite for Saturday’s Irish Field St Leger after featuring among 13 confirmations for the race.

BROWN Panther bids to confirm himself a realistic Ladbrokes St Leger prospect in the CGA Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury today.

Watar swooped late and fast to land the Prix Maurice De Nieuil at Longchamp today.

Geoff Oldroyd forecasts a bright future for Ladies Are Forever after the capable filly won the tyregiant.com Summer Stakes at York today.

ADDRESS Unknown bids to show he is a force to be reckoned with over staying distances in the At The Races Curragh Cup today.

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.

Michael Bell feels it is difficult to choose between his two runners in Saturday’s John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.

Blue Bunting will take on 12 fillies in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

John Dunlop has been given the approval of owner Benny Andersson to run Beatrice Aurore in the Investec Oaks.

Eddie Ahern stole the show at York with a terrific 117-1 treble, highlighted by Masamah’s victory in the feature sportingbet.com Sprint.

Richard Hughes closed the gap on leading jockey Paul Hanagan to just four today as Sweet Cecily's success in the EBF Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes kick-started a Newmarket double for the rider.

JOHNNY MURTAGH and David Wachman shared a two-year-old double at Dundalk last night, highlighted by the victory of Winning Flag in the featured Star Appeal Stakes, a listed event over seven furlongs.

The pint-sized Indian Ballad showed the heart of a lion to beat Breezolini by a nose in the TSG Nursery at York.

Connections of Profound Beauty are praying for better conditions than 12 months ago for the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh today.

PROFOUND Beauty will face seven rivals as she bids for a first Group One success in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh this weekend.

Profound Beauty will face seven rivals as she bids for a first Group One success in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

Gold Cup winner Rite Of Passage features among 17 possible runners in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh on Saturday.

GOLD CUP runner-up Age Of Aquarius heads 19 entries in the Artemis Goodwood Cup on Thursday.

Frankie Dettori readied himself for a weekend of Group One engagements as Al Aasifh banished his Royal Ascot disappointment in the Rose Bowl Stakes - Sponsored By Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd at Newbury today.

Richard Hannon sent out his 55th juvenile winner of the year as Celebrity improved on her racecourse debut to scoop the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Newbury.

PROFOUND BEAUTY can get back on the winning trail in the Listed Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

It was girl power all the way at Haydock as Hayley Turner gave Barshiba a brilliant ride to win back-to-back renewals of the Bet365 Lancashire Oaks.

YOUMZAIN continued his luckless run as he lost out to Plumania in a thrilling photo-finish to the Grand Prix De Saint-Cloud yesterday.

Plans remain on hold for Elusive Pimpernel following the setback he suffered at the start of the month.

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.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Dante Stakes winner Cape Blanco features among a final field of 23 runners in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday.

JOHN DUNLOP is keeping his fingers crossed Elusive Pimpernel’s season will not be held up too much after he was forced to miss an intended engagement in tomorrow’s Prix du Jockey Club due to injury.

Aidan O’Brien’s Dante Stakes winner Cape Blanco features among a final field of 23 runners in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday.

Elusive Pimpernel will miss his intended engagement in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday after suffering a setback.

DARLEY SUN will have the services of Frankie Dettori when he makes his eagerly-anticipated debut for Godolphin in tomorrow’s Blue Square Henry II Stakes at Sandown.

St Nicholas Abbey remains among 22 confirmations for the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

John Dunlop feels Elusive Pimpernel has shown enough improvement to give St Nicholas Abbey a run for his money in the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas.