Australia is one of 17 horses in contention for Saturday’s Investec Derby following the confirmation stage.

Ante-post favourite Age Of Aquarius is a shock absentee from the final field of eight for Saturday's Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

Penny’s Gift was given a 33-1 quote by Cashmans and Paddy Power for the 1000 Guineas after a Listed success in the EBF Igloos Bosra Sham Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket.

Andrew Balding’s Donegal put himself in the shop window with a game victory in the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket.

Favourite-backers got off to a flying start at sun-drenched Haydock Park when 10-11 chance Fat Boy landed the opening Listed Rectangle Group Sandy Lane Stakes.

Ante-post favourite Lush Lashes heads a list of 18 fillies left in the Juddmonte Oaks at the confirmation stage.

Frankie Dettori admits his probable ride in next month’s Vodafone Derby is up in the air.

Michael Jarvis has a possible Classic tilt in mind for Bold Choice, who confirmed his smart juvenile form with an impressive success in the wildgooseconstruction.co.uk Maiden Stakes at Nottingham.

Derby-winning trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam repaid owner John Fretwell’s decision to send him Medicine Path by saddling the four-year-old to a length victory in the Doncaster Mile on Town Moor.

David Pipe can take another step towards emulating his father’s fantastic achievements by winning the John Smith’s Grand National with Comply Or Die.

Coral have suspended betting on the jockeys’ title race after Jamie Spencer extended his lead over Seb Sanders to eight with victory on Carnival Queen at Yarmouth.

Natagora is as short as 10-1 for next year’s Stan James 1000 Guineas but rider Christophe Lemaire is unsure whether the grey will stay the trip following her victory in the six-furlong skybet.com Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket.

Authorized comprehensively reversed Coral-Eclipse form with Notnowcato when landing the odds in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York.

Authorized is not a definite runner in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 28.

FRANKIE DETTORI and Peter Chapple-Hyam are experiencing conflicting emotions as Authorized puts his record on the line in today’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

Frankie Dettori has unexpectedly been given a fantastic opportunity to land his first ever Vodafone Derby after getting the call-up to ride Epsom favourite Authorized in the Dante Stakes at York on Thursday.

River Alhaarth is set to make his seasonal bow in the betdirect.com Crepello Stakes, the feature event of Newmarket’s Lester Piggott Day on May 19.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion tops a field of seven for the Blue Square Ormonde Stakes at Chester on Friday.

Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor, first and second in the National Stakes, are set for a fascinating rematch in Saturday’s Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

Coventry Stakes hero Hellvelyn is primed for a big run in the Group One £170,000 Shadwell Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Holy Roman Emperor heads 135 entries for the £250,000 Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on October 14.

A NEW distance can give Folio his best chance of a first victory in over three years at Nottingham today.

Gamut can return to the top of his game to claim the Princess Of Wales’s Edward St George Memorial Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

Mona Lisa could tighten Aidan O’Brien’s grip on the Vodafone Oaks if she opens her account in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York tomorrow.

DUBAWI’S odds for the Classics have been slashed after he stormed home in a trial at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai yesterday.