Derby winner Australia, Leading Light, The Grey Gatsby, Gleneagles, Tapestry and Chicquitaheads a star-studded list of entries for the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown on Saturday and the Curragh on Sunday.

There had been a worry over whether Kingman would even take part in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, but John Gosden’s colt reigned supreme yet again once he took to the track for a fourth consecutive Group One victory yesterday.

John Gosden is keeping a watching brief on the ground at Deauville and has yet to confirm Kingman a definite starter in tomorrow’s Prix Jacques le Marois.

Solving this afternoon’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh would have been so easy had the Epsom heroine, Taghrooda, as was widely anticipated, met the engagement.

Royal Ascot heroine Integral clinched a first Group One victory with an impressive display in the Qipco Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket yesterday under Ryan Moore.

Clive Brittain declared "I’m back where I belong" as he stood in the winner’s enclosure as an 80-year-old Royal Ascot winner yesterday.

Bookmakers finally clawed back some of the losses from what had a been a punter-friendly Royal Ascot as the six races on day four of the showpiece meeting failed to produce a single winning favourite.

Dermot Weld will run only one of his two remaining entries in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday, with Mustajeeb more likely than Alkasser at this stage.

Shifting Power is set to clash again with Kingman in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Andre Fabre has been a force to be reckoned with on his visits across the Channel for over two decades and finally completed a full set of British Classics through the appropriately-named Miss France in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

Ante-post favourite Rizeena features in a field of 19 declared for the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday, with Clive Brittain bullish about her chances of giving him a third triumph in the race after Pebbles in 1984 and Sayyedati in 1993.

Frankie Dettori can look towards the Guineas weekend with a positive feeling about at least one Classic ride after the courageous performance of Sandiva in the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

Dermot Weld can continue his terrific start to the season by landing the Champions’ Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Fillies Maiden with Carla Bianca on the all-weather tonight.

Frankie Dettori believes unbeaten Arc heroine Treve may have improved again over the winter.

French filly Vorda carries plenty of stable confidence heading into the Connolly’s Red Mills Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket (2.35).

Clive Brittain feels Rizeena is “a bit special” as she aims to land a second Group One of the season in the Shadwell Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket today.

Johnny Murtagh plans to give Royal Diamond a workout over the weekend before making a final decision as to whether he makes the trip to Australia for the Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Well, we did our dough on Tapestry in last Sunday’s Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh, but the overwhelming feeling afterwards was this was merely a loan.

Ground conditions at Leopardstown could lead to Yorkshire Oaks heroine The Fugue taking her chance in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday.

Appointed retained jockey for Prince Khalid Abdullah this week, James Doyle celebrated in style when guiding the Clive Brittain-trained Rizeena to victory in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien has supplemented Tapestry for the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

American raider No Nay Never stretched his 100% record to three with a classy performance in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville yesterday.

Trainer Clive Brittain is targeting the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh with Rizeena following her creditable effort in defeat at Newmarket on Friday.

Roger Varian is considering a return to Ascot for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Ektihaam after reporting the colt “none the worse” following a nasty slip at the track on Saturday.