ONE of the best sales at the venue for some time took place at Curraheen Park yesterday with a large number of the lots sold. The top two lots sold for €4,000 each.

MEATH SHC champions Kildalkey are through to a third successive final following a 1-13 to 1-7 win over Trim at Pairc Tailteann on Saturday.

ELEANORA Duse gave the Ballymacoll Stud their biggest success of the season when landing a narrow victory in the www.thetote.com Blandford Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Eleanora Duse just held the flying finish of She's Our Mark to lift the Group Two www.thetote.com Blandford Stakes at the Curragh today.

Henry Cecil’s Midday recorded the fourth Group One win of her career in a dramatic Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York – with old rival Sariska refusing to race.

JOHN O’BRIEN has been drafted into the Tipperary team for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Waterford in the only change from the side that defeated Galway in the quarter-final.

A GAMBLER with zero horse sense has avoided jail time by a nose, having threatened to kill a thoroughbred nag if it wasn’t withdrawn from a race.

A gambler was given a suspended jail term today after he threatened to kill dual Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Conduit unless he was withdrawn from a race.

A man has been charged for blackmail over threats to harm Conduit before his victory in July’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Steele Tango was a mere extra at Sea The Stars' swansong in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but bounced back to play the starring role at Newmarket on Friday.

NINE-TIMES champion trainer Sir Michael Stoute is as short as 4-7 with Sky Bet to win a fourth King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Ryan Moore looks increasingly likely to side with Conduit over stablemate Tartan Bearer in Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Ballymacoll Stud are prepared to let Conduit and Tartan Bearer do battle against each other in the King George And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week.

Mick Kinane believes Sea The Stars’ versatility is what sets him apart after the brilliant colt secured his third successive Group One in the Coral-Eclipse on Saturday.

TRAINING sensation Jean-Claude Rouget bids to make his mark at Royal Ascot today when he saddles Never On Sunday in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

MICHAEL STOUTE’S Tartan Bearer features among a high-class field of 10 remaining entries for the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on Sunday.

JOHN OXX has high hopes of pulling off a Guineas double with Arazan after watching Sea The Stars scoot to victory last weekend.

Brian Meehan expects 2000 Guineas talking horse Delegator to “take all the beating” in tomorrow’s banshahousestables.com Craven Stakes at Newmarket.

Europe had a day to cherish at Santa Anita on Saturday as the raiders came away with four Breeders’ Cup victories ahead of the Classic main event.

Ladbrokes St Leger hero Conduit could emerge as a fascinating middle-distance prospect in 2009 after outstaying his rivals in the final Classic of the season at Doncaster on Saturday.

Conditions at the Curragh have eased to good after 13 millimetres of rain fell ahead of the three-day Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby meeting which starts on Friday.

Royal Hunt Cup favourite Bankable was given a boost without even leaving his stable as Lady Gloria made all in the Group Three Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Epsom.

Conduit gave supporters of Tartan Bearer a boost when swooping from last to first in the totesportcasino.com Handicap as Vodafone Derby day got underway on the Epsom Downs.

Scottish Stage put in a workmanlike effort to land the odds in the Listed Swettenham Stud Fillies’ Trial at Newbury.

Connections of North Light are still undecided whether the Derby winner goes for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe or waits for the Champion Stakes.

Vodafone Derby winner North Light may drop back in trip and take his chance in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York next month.

VODAFONE Derby winner North Light goes into tomorrow's Irish equivalent with connections expressing themselves happy with the state of the ground at the Curragh.

Vodafone Derby winner North Light goes into Sunday’s Irish Derby with connections expressing themselves pleased by the state of the ground at the Curragh.

Frankie Dettori must have gone to bed last night with a heavy heart after the preparations for what could be one of the most important days in his life went horribly wrong on the Epsom Downs yesterday.