Stand Guard joined La Estrella on a mark just one short of the British all-weather-winning record when the pair’s much anticipated clash at Southwell was called off at the 11th hour.

Jockey Tom Queally, the man associated closely with the mighty Frankel, is to leave his job as stable jockey at Warren Place and will ride as a freelance next year.

Aidan O’Brien will go with War Command and Friendship from a choice of eight in tomorrow’s Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

Cirrus Des Aigles continued his worrying decline with yet another defeat at Deauville yesterday.

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

You know the way you often hear Aidan O’Brien talking about horses he has in major races that like to bowl along in front.

Trainer Ralph Beckett is confident Epsom heroine Talent is in the best possible shape as she aims to complete the English-Irish Oaks double at the Curragh this evening.

Estimate provided Queen Elizabeth with a famous triumph when she captured the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Riposte provided the Royal Ascot crowd with the win they were all craving for Lady Cecil in the Ribblesdale Stakes.

Leading National Hunt trainer Jonjo O’Neill claimed the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot as Well Sharp carried the familiar silks of JP McManus to a determined victory.

Leading owner Prince Khalid Abdullah paid tribute to “genius” Henry Cecil following the legendary trainer’s death on Tuesday.

Stable jockey Tom Queally last night hailed Frankel trainer Henry Cecil as “pure class” as he led a flood of tributes for the legendary Warren Place maestro, who died yesterday at the age of 70.

Alive Alive Oh is in line to make her next appearance in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Jockey Frankie Dettori still hopes to be able to ride at the Investec Derby meeting this weekend following a further meeting with France Galop officials yesterday.

No Heretic made a stylish return to action in the Qipco Supporting British Racing Stakes at Newmarket.

He’s not a man for the media circus, but Tom Queally’s Dungarvan grounding helps him appreciate the special things in life, such as the greatest horse of all time.

Frankel was at his majestic best as he made it a perfect 14 victories in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

One of man’s sustaining joys, one of his anchors, is that, no matter how bleak things seem, if you look hard enough you will find magnificence all around you. No one will have to look too hard today.

As Frankel faces his final race, Brian Viner talks to his trainer, Sir Henry Cecil, and others who know the world's greatest racehorse best.

Frankel warmed up for the final race of his career with a workout at Newmarket before racing on Saturday.

Certify had no great difficulty in extending Godolphin’s record in the Shadwell Fillies’ Mile to three in a row when coming home unchallenged at a windswept Newmarket yesterday.

Wild Coco showed stamina is her forte as she outstayed her rivals in the DFS Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster yesterday.

Wild Coco showed stamina is her forte as she outstayed her rivals in the DFS Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster.

I’ve seen just about every top-class flat horse from Nijinsky to Sea The Stars, but after watching Frankel at York on Wednesday I have to put Henry Cecil’s colt up as the greatest of all time.

Frankel demolished perhaps the final obstacle blocking his completion as the blueprint of the perfect thoroughbred racehorse in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday.

Frankel stretched his perfect record to 13 when treating his legion of supporters to another breathtaking performance in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York this afternoon.

Jockey Joseph O’Brien is excited about being involved in the Juddmonte International at York today and his mount, St Nicholas Abbey, is a new threat to Frankel.

John Oxx rectified one anomaly from a distinguished career when Saddler’s Rock delivered his trainer the Artemis Goodwood Cup.

Frankel will attract rather more attention the next time he appears than in this frenetic fortnight of sporting drama, but maintained his standing as the undisputed champion of his own discipline in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Frankel’s younger brother Noble Mission and the admirable mare Chachamaidee combined to give Henry Cecil a Group-race double on the opening afternoon of Glorious Goodwood.

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.

Frankel turned in another spellbinding performance to maintain his unbeaten record in the Queen Anne Stakes, the opening contest of Royal Ascot.

I WILL be at Royal Ascot today and can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to it.

Frankel shrugged off an early-season injury scare and confirmed himself as the best racehorse in the world with a typically explosive display in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury this afternoon.

Henry Cecil is confident Frankel is fit enough to do himself justice ahead of his return to action in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

Frankel achieved a rating of 136 in the World Thoroughbred Rankings revealed in London today.

IT hosted the first race meeting of the new millennium in Europe and later helped punters get used to the euro. Now one of Ireland’s oldest racecourses is to embark on a 12-month celebration to mark its centenary in 2012, but whether the euro is still in circulation is not as certain.

Frankel strolled to victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot this afternoon.

SO YOU THINK will attempt to regain the winning thread in a field of 12 for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot tomorrow.

So You Think will attempt to regain the winning thread in a field of 12 for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

AWAIT THE DAWN is “unlikely” to take his chance in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

HENRY CECIL does not expect Frankel to resume front-running tactics on his final scheduled appearance of the year in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

THE John Morrison-trained Much Acclaimed has to be one of the best bargains ever picked up at the sales.

LEADING owner Khalid Abdullah enjoyed another notable big-race one-two as Announce just denied Timepiece in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville yesterday.