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Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has seen his horses take the first two races at this afternoon's meeting in Leopardstown.

BANK on Rip Van Winkle to give Aidan O’Brien a sixth Tattersalls Irish Champion Stakes win at Leopardstown today.

Aidan O’Brien bids for a remarkable Group One treble in the space of just over an hour in Britain and Ireland tomorrow.

British raiders Music Show, Spacious and Jacqueline Quest feature among seven runners in Saturday’s Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is responsible for five of the 10 entries at the five-day declaration stage for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

MUSIC SHOW ended a wretched run of luck in Group One company as she put up a dazzling display in the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

Music Show finally gained due reward for a string of consistent efforts with an impressive victory in the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket.

YOU’D imagine Aidan O’Brien’s main focus of attention today will be on Lillie Langtry’s bid to land the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket, but the Ballydoyle handler also has prospects of a short-priced double at Naas tonight.

Though the three-year-old fillies take on the older generation in today’s Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket, it’s no more than a cautious step into the realms of all-aged competition.

KITTY KIERNAN, now that she’s back on song, can land the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Brownstown Stakes for fillies at Fairyhouse tonight.

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

Coronation Stakes heroine Lillie Langtry looks set to pit her wits against the older fillies for the first time in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket next month.

AIDAN O’Brien’s near four-day wait for a Royal Ascot winner ended in sensational style as Lillie Langtry ran away with the Coronation Stakes yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien and Johnny Murtagh finally got off the mark for Royal Ascot 2010 as Lillie Langtry ran out an impressive winner of the Coronation Stakes.

The form of the Aidan O’Brien stable has been a concern for punters all through the week of Royal Ascot but the performance of Age Of Aquarius, though beaten in yesterday’s Gold Cup, gives rise to some hope that his top horses can produce their best form on this stage.

Henry Cecil hopes Jacqueline Quest can set the record straight in the Coronation Stakes after her crushing relegation into second place in the 1000 Guineas.

Three of the first five home from the Irish 1000 Guineas will clash again in Friday’s Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is excited by his Investec Derby squad as he prepares to challenge for a first win in the race since High Chaparral in 2002.

THE Prince of Wales’s Stakes has emerged a fascinating option for Fame And Glory after his stroll in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes has emerged a fascinating option for Fame And Glory after his stroll in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.

BETHRAH came with a flying late challenge to give Dermot Weld his fourth win in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh yesterday.

Dermot Weld’s Bethrah (16-1) got up in the dying strides to prevail in a blanket finish for the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

ANTE-POST favourite St Nicholas Abbey features among a total of 19 horses remaining in the Investec Derby at Epsom following the latest forfeits.

MALE and female, the Classic generation’s milers are the most difficult groups to get a handle on and it’s not certain that this weekend’s Guineas at the Curragh will make the picture all that much clearer. In today’s colts’ Classic, the talent is all at the top of the market but there are enough doubts about Canford Cliffs’ stamina and Steinbeck’s readiness to advise a watching brief.

CANFORD CLIFFS, despite obvious worries regarding his abilty to truly stay a stiff mile, gets the vote in the Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh this afternoon.

Mick Channon’s Music Show and Jim Bolger’s Gile Na Greine are the headline acts among 20 fillies left in Sunday’s Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

THERE’S plenty of potential for a real upset in tomorrow’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket with the possibility of rain casting an even longer shadow over Special Duty’s ability to see out the one mile trip.

Five years after seeing their colours carried to victory in the Derby by Motivator, the Royal Ascot Racing Club now have their eyes set on the Investec Oaks with Pollenator.

Aidan O’Brien has admitted he faces a race against time to get Lille Langtry fit for the stanjames.com 1000 Guineas on May 2.

THERE IS no doubt this recession has started to bite hard as far as racing is concerned.

Henry Cecil has further Breeders’ Cup success in his sights after Midday ended years of hurt with an emotional victory in the Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita.

Horse racing tips from the Breeders Cup, Ireland and the UK.

REDCAR: 2.40 Mountain Cat; 3.15 Singeur; 5.05 Blown It; 5.40 Baltimore Jack

WELL, what can you say, a Danehill Dancer who doesn’t go on heavy ground!

Reverence (5-1) earned a crack at the Prix de l’Abbaye when showing he was no back number at the age of eight with victory in the Grenzen Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.

Termagant produced a 16-1 shock for trainer Kevin Prendergast in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh.

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

CONNECTIONS of Long Lashes are optimistic she will handle the expected testing conditions in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

KEVIN Prendergast’s Saajidah gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Galway tonight.

LILLIE Langtry was made favourite with some firms for next year’s 1,000 Guineas after cutting down her rivals inside the final furlong to land the Group 2 Debutante Stakes over seven furlongs at Leopardstown.

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

LILLIE LANGTRY is the nap choice to land what promises to be an informative Group 2 Debutante Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

WALK On Bye is all set to put her unbeaten record on the line in the Phoenix Stakes after being supplemented for the Curragh feature on Sunday.