Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien has declared Black Sam Bellamy for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday.

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has declared Black Sam Bellamy for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

Mamool was installed as favourite for the Ascot Gold Cup after Godolphin finally shrugged off the blues on the final day of York’s Dante meeting.

Frankie Dettori is expecting Lateen Sails to put his poor run in the Sagitta 2000 Guineas well behind him at York tomorrow.

THERE will be no additional security in place for the Six Nations meeting of Wales and Ireland tomorrow, despite the military conflict in Iraq.

Media Puzzle landed an emotional triumph for Dermot Weld and Damien Oliver in the Tooheys New Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia today.

VINNIE ROE is being nursed into next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after failing to fully recover from the long flight to Australia, his trainer Dermot Weld said here yesterday.

Frankie Dettori rode his Melbourne Cup mount Pugin for the first time in trackwork at Melbourne’s Sandown track and declared him on target to win the big race on Tuesday week.

GODOLPHIN’S Hatha Anna and Pugin were in top form in their workout yesterday as part of their continuing build-up to the Tooheys New Melbourne Cup.

Godolphin have bought Melbourne Cup contender Pugin, who finished second in Saturday‘s Irish St Leger, it has been announced on their official website.

PUGIN, who has been bought by Godolphin, should be favourite for the Melbourne Cup, according to Dermot Weld.

Vinnie Roe repeated his victory of 12 months ago in the Jefferson Smurfit Memorial Irish St Leger at the Curragh today.

THE Listed Ardilaun House Hotel Oyster Stakes at Galway this afternoon looks decidedly tricky and centres very much on just how good a horse Aidan O’Brien’s Sorcerous really is.