The field for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe stands at 16 after today’s forfeit stage.

JOHNNY MURTAGH could make a surprise return to the saddle on Wednesday after his self-enforced break from riding and could yet ride Alamshar at the weekend.

Top American jockey David Flores has been booked to ride Godolphin’s Sulamani in the Grade One Arlington Million at Arlington Park on August 16.

Falbrav sprang a surprise to give Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani a superb victory in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown today.

CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON, the Belgian-born superstar of French racing, will wake up this morning feeling like a victim of the three-card trick.

TAKE a chance on The Great Gatsby upsetting hot-pot, Dalakhani, in tomorrow’s Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Michael Kinane has spoken of the difficulty he faced in choosing Brian Boru from a strong hand of Aidan O’Brien’s four Vodafone Derby runners ahead of the premier Classic at Epsom.

Mick Kinane today spoke of the difficulty he faced in choosing Brian Boru from a strong hand of Aidan O’Brien’s four Vodafone Derby runners ahead of tomorrow’s premier Classic at Epsom.

Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien is to rely on a team of four in the Vodafone Derby on Saturday as he bids to win the blue riband for a record third consecutive year.

Brian Boru has been backed today for next month’s Vodafone Derby at Epsom.

BRIAN BORU is still set to captain Aidan O’Brien’s Vodafone Derby squad as the Ballydoyle team go all out to capture the blue riband of racing for a history-making third consecutive year.

Brian Boru is still set to captain Aidan O’Brien’s Vodafone Derby squad as the Ballydoyle team go all out to capture the blue riband of racing for a history-making third consecutive year.

IRELAND’S challenge for a fourth consecutive Vodafone Derby victory has been strengthened with the addition of the unbeaten colts Refuse To Bend and Alamshar to the entries for the premier Classic.