Aidan O’Brien’s three-year-olds have come to the boil at just the right time to challenge for the big late-season prizes and the champion trainer has a great chance of Classic glory with Brian Boru in the Seabiscuit St Leger Stakes at Doncaster next month.

Falbrav was today given the go-ahead to run in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

BEEF OR SALMON, a costly failure for many Irish punters at the Cheltenham Festival last month, will be the star attraction at Fairyhouse this day week when he is expected to line up in the featured Powers Gold Cup.

TIKRAM, 25-1 for the Ladbroke Hurdle with the sponsors on Monday, is now as low as 12-1 in two places after the flow of support for Gary Moore’s hurdler continued yesterday.

GET on High Chaparral for Saturday night’s John Deere Breeders’ Cup Turf at Arlington Park in Chicago.

Dale Gibson’s morning run paid off in fine style as he made it third time lucky to land the £65,000-added (€101,500) William Hill Trophy at York today on 25-1 shot Artie for Tim Easterby.

Sohaib gave Lambourn trainer Barry Hills an incredible 11th success in the Philip Leverhulme Dee Stakes when making all the running under Hills’ son Richard at Chester this afternoon.

Istabraq has been a constant drifter in the ante-post exchanges on the Smurfit Champion Hurdle in recent weeks but that may be about to change.

Istabraq is quoted the 2-1 favourite by the Tote as he bids for a record fourth consecutive win in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Frankie Dettori remains the joint-favourite to lift the London Clubs Trophy for the top jockey at Royal Ascot despite drawing a blank on the third day of the meeting.

Frankie Dettori is the hot favourite to be top jockey over the four days at Royal Ascot this week and the Italian has some choice mounts.

Kieren Fallon admits that he is concerned about the high draw his expected mount Golan has been allotted in the Sagitta 2,000 Guineas.