Richard Hughes will retire from riding at the end of the Flat campaign before embarking upon a training career in 2016.

Richard Hughes will retire from riding at the end of the Flat campaign before embarking upon a training career in 2016.

The Irish flat thoroughbred racehorse rankings for 2014 were released yesterday, confirming once again the impact Irish-trained horses are having on the global stage.

Kingman was crowned Cartier Horse of the Year at the 24th annual Cartier Racing Awards in London last night.

Three-time winner Frankie Dettori is increasingly likely to be teamed with Aidan O’Brien’s number-one hope Ruler Of The World as he bids to make his 26th ride in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe a winning one on Sunday.

Richard Hannon stressed the brilliant Tiggy Wiggy "is by no means certain" to run in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp next Sunday.

There is no logical reason to oppose Australia in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this evening and anything less than a reasonably comfortable success for Aidan O’Brien’s colt will be a surprise.

Taghrooda could earn a tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe if she can clinch a third Group One of a glorious summer in today’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

The nap vote at the Curragh tomorrow goes to Michael Halford’s once-raced Portage in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden.

Eddie Lynam has warned Anthem Alexander could bypass tomorrow’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes should the ground be too soft.

Richard Hannon’s prolific juvenile Kool Kompany is set to be supplemented for Sunday’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

"This place has always been very lucky for me," considered Dermot Weld after Mustajeeb’s success in the Jersey Stakes.