Olivier Peslier ended a 14-year wait for a fourth Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in very unlikely fashion as the unfancied filly Solemia induced more Japanese heartbreak at Longchamp yesterday.

Olivier Peslier will ride the Geoff Huffer-trained Cockney Rebel in the Stan James 2000 Guineas next Saturday.

John Gosden raised a few eyebrows as he mapped out a future plan for Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes winner Oasis Dream on the final day of York’s Ebor meeting.

OASIS DREAM left some fast horses trailing in his awesome wake as he landed an effortless victory in the Victor Chandler Nunthorpe Stakes at York yesterday.

PAT EDDERY has abandoned the impossible chase to become the all-time winning-most jockey in British racing history by announcing that he will retire at the end of the season.