Yesterday’s Prix d’Aumale at Chantilly was due to be a warm-up for Al Naamah ahead of next month’s Prix Marcel Boussac but Al Shaqab Racing might have a different contender altogether after pacemaker Shahah caused a mighty turn-up.

Logic dictates that Kingman will win this afternoon’s Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh and John Gosden’s colt has to be the choice.

The brilliant Sea The Stars sired his first winner on the racecourse as Stars Over The Sea struck gold at Ayr.

British police looking for April Jones said they are trying to “piece together” Mark Bridger’s movements around the time the five-year-old disappeared after they were given until 5pm tomorrow to question him.

Noel Meade, fresh from a double at Downpatrick on Wednesday, can provide us with a winning nap in the shape of Silverhand in the Kells Beginners Chase at Navan this afternoon.

Born To Sea's racing career appears at an end with the illustriously-bred colt now bound for stud.

Famous Name will have to beat no less a rival than Born To Sea when he aims to secure his first Group Two win in tomorrow’s Keeneland Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.

Lady Rothschild will let John Gosden decide whether her star colt Nathaniel will lock horns with Frankel in the Juddmonte International at York.

Call To Battle has been ruled out of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby with a foot abscess.

Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten Camelot appears among 11 confirmations for Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh.

Royal Ascot opened with what may very well be the meeting’s defining moment as Frankel managed what many felt was his most impressive performance to date in the Queen Anne Stakes.

Born To Sea will try again to uphold family honour at the top level when he lines up for the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Paul Carberry has really taken a liking to Ballinrobe this year and, having completed a superb treble at the Co. Mayo venue four weeks ago, again took the riding honours last night, completing an early double on Usa and Mickelson.

Born To Sea is set to tackle the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot following his eyecatching performance in Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Power employed an electric turn of foot to land the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Parish Hall attempts the first leg of a remarkable Classic double in the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh day.

Pat Smullen will ride Born To Sea in Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh, with the colt sporting a first-time hood.

Trainer John Oxx will resist the temptation to bring Born To Sea back in distance after he finished 12th in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Mick Kinane will be roaring on Born To Sea as he bids to emulate half-brother Sea The Stars by winning the the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Camelot faces his moment of truth in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket this afternoon.

Mick Kinane will be roaring on Born To Sea as he bids to emulate half-brother Sea The Stars by winning the the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien’s ante-post favourites Camelot and Maybe head the entries for the Qipco 2000 and 1000 Guineas respectively.

Aidan O’Brien’s David Livingston, who lowered the colours of the highly-touted Akeed Mofeed in the Beresford Stakes, is one of 12 entries in Sunday’s P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

John Oxx is relishing the prospect of the new Flat season, which gets underway tomorrow at the Curragh.

Robbie Power looks set to maintain his partnership with Big Zeb when the former champion goes for a second straight victory in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on December 27.

Rubi Light ran his rivals ragged to be an impressive winner of the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown.

LAST year’s winner Tranquil Sea has been given the green light by Edward O’Grady to bid for a John Durkan Memorial Chase double at Punchestown on Sunday after his comeback win in the Clonmel Oil Chase.

Tranquil Sea is likely to head for back-to-back wins in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown after doing just that in the Clonmel Oil Chase.

Tranquil Sea had little difficulty following up last year’s win in the Clonmel Oil Chase at the County Tipperary track.

Nephrite upset the odds-on Born To Sea with a decisive win over Sea The Stars’ brother in the JRA Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown.

IT is sometimes quite amazing how a simple comment, or a preconceived notion, can have such a bearing on one’s behaviour.

TRUST Fame And Glory to leave a disappointing effort last time well behind in this afternoon’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

Sir Michael Stoute cannot envisage Sea Moon having any issues with the extended test of the Ladbrokes St Leger as the red-hot favourite attempts to provide the trainer with just his second victory in the Doncaster Classic.

BORN TO SEA could make his highly-anticipated racecourse debut for John Oxx within the next couple of weeks.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has begun an investigation into allegations regarding garda conduct in the west of Ireland.

Leading fancy Tranquil Sea has been ruled out of the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on Thursday following an unsatisfactory scope.

Edward O’Grady is among a legion of Irish trainers gladdened by a break in the weather as his Tranquil Sea returns to the track seeking his first Grade One win in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase at Fairyhouse.

Last year’s Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Tranquil Sea heads a field of seven for the Clonmel Oil Chase at the Powerstown Park venue tomorrow.

FOUR members of Dublin Shell to Sea who chained themselves to railings at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources were arrested by gardaí and taken to Harcourt Terrace Garda station.

FOUR impossible-to-solve handicaps, on a six-race programme, make Cheltenham this afternoon a less than enticing prospect.

IF Tranquil Sea wins the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on March 18, there seems little doubt connections will look back at Leopardstown last Sunday as having played a massive part in the success.

By Ashley Iveson, Press Association Sport

MORNING SUPREME is the nap choice to run her rivals ragged in the Grade 2 paddypower.com Novice Hurdle at Naas tomorrow.

TRAINERS Tony Martin and Edward O’Grady carry the hopes of Ireland as they bid to end a 29-year-old drought in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham today.