RIP Van Winkle heads Aidan O’Brien’s three-strong team as the Ballydoyle trainer seeks a sixth success in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Rip Van Winkle heads Aidan O’Brien’s three-strong team as the Ballydoyle trainer seeks a sixth success in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

BRET EASTON ELLIS was 19 when he wrote Less Than Zero, a coruscating account of disaffected youth in his hometown, Los Angeles.

Richard Hannon believes Paco Boy will be a tough nut to crack when he goes for back-to-back victories in the Queen Anne Stakes.

Rip Van Winkle will break from stall 10 in his quest to provide Aidan O’Brien with a maiden success in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien has revealed the brilliant-but-fragile Rip Van Winkle has not had an entirely smooth build-up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

MASTERCRAFTSMAN came through his Breeders Cup prep successfully at Dundalk last night, outclassing his ten rivals in the Group 3 Diamond.

RIP VAN WINKLE delighted his connections in his latest workout ahead of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

CASHMANS rate Sea The Stars an odds-on shot to confirm Epsom form with Fame And Glory should they renew rivalry in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh later this month.

Johnny Murtagh will ride Rip Van Winkle like he his “the best horse in the race” when he lines up for a mouth-watering renewal of the Investec Derby at Epsom tomorrow.

THERE’S an old adage which says if you have six Derby horses then the reality is that you actually have none!

Johnny Murtagh has spoken of his "soft spot" for Rip Van Winkle as the Investec Derby gamble on the Stanjames.com 2000 Guineas fourth gathers pace.

JOHNNY MURTAGH is confident Rip Van Winkle can prove he is up to Group One level when he lines up in the stanjames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket today.

Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten colt Rip Van Winkle is among 13 horses declared for the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

EVEN if you’re not a golf fan, chances are you know who John Daly is. At least you think you do. Michael Moynihan met the golf legend to separate myth from reality.

A school bus driver lost her trousers and a shoe after a police dog attacked her on her bus in Louisiana.