BANK on Rip Van Winkle to give Aidan O’Brien a sixth Tattersalls Irish Champion Stakes win at Leopardstown today.

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.

MARK Johnston is favouring a tilt at the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday for his talented filly Rainfall.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is responsible for five of the 10 entries at the five-day declaration stage for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Rip Van Winkle and Fame And Glory top Aidan O'Brien's five possibles for the Tattersalls Millions Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Kieren Fallon and Sea Lord proved to be a faultless combination in the totesport.com Sovereign Stakes as they held Poet’s Voice by a nose in a pulsating finish to Salisbury’s feature race of the season.

Mark Johnston's annual pilgrimage to Glorious Goodwood had started to become a disappointing one by his usual standards but Sea Lord came to the rescue in the totesport Mile today.

Punters placed their faith in the rock-solid combination of Frankie Dettori and Mark Johnston as St Moritz became the first successful favourite in the 32Red Trophy at Newmarket since 2003.

Cape Blanco bounced right back to his best to give Aidan O’Brien a fifth consecutive Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh – and could now clash with old foe Workforce at Ascot next month.

RACING at the Curragh yesterday began with a dramatic incident in the Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises EBF Maiden, when Johnny Murtagh took a crashing fall from the favourite, Petronius Maximus.

Jeremy Noseda's Formosina broke the extraordinary stranglehold of Aidan O'Brien in the Ladbrokes.com Railway Stakes at the Curragh.

Johnny Murtagh had a very lucky escape in the opener on Irish Derby Day at the Curragh when Petronius Maximus was involved in a freak incident.