I have said it more than once here that you just have to take what racing throws at you. It’s a great leveller and some days you get a kick in the teeth but on others things work out well.

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.

Godolphin’s Long Lashes will face eight rivals as she bids to bounce back to form in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile at Ascot on Saturday.

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

A return to Ireland is on the cards for Long Lashes after she maintained her unbeaten record in the Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Long Lashes stated her case as a filly with Classic potential when landing Newmarket's skybet.com Sweet Solera Stakes today on her Godolphin debut.

JESSICA Harrington’s ability as a trainer covers all codes and all distances but, until last night, winning Listed races with newcomers was not something one associated with the Moone, Co Kildare handler.