First Cornerstone handsomely repaid the supplementary entry fee of €9,500 stumped up on Tuesday when winning the Group 2 Galileo Futurity Stakes for in-form trainer Andy Oliver and new owners Team Valor at the Curragh yesterday.

Gerard Butler will be on his travels again next month with Dansant and Pachattack booked for overseas dates.

Wigmore Hall is reported to have taken his transatlantic journey in his stride ahead of his bid for Grade One glory in tomorrow's Secretariat Stakes.

Dermot Weld’s Mad About You is reported to be none the worse following her below-par performance at Arlington Park on Saturday.

AIDAN O’Brien’s Irish Derby hero Fame And Glory delighted stable jockey Johnny Murtagh in a racecourse gallop at Leopardstown on Thursday.

Gladiatorus will miss the Arlington Million after sustaining a bruised foot.

The Dermot Weld-trained Winchester ran out a hugely impressive winner of the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park under Rene Douglas.

ZULU Chief is expected to prove his star quality in the United Arab Emirates Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh tomorrow.

THE major news to emerge from the draw for the 24th running of the Arlington Million and its two supporting races was that Kieren Fallon has been declared on Aidan O’Brien’s Ace and Ivan Denisovich.

IT will be a major surprise should Yeats fail to deliver in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh this afternoon.

MARTIN DWYER believes Phoenix Reach can overcome a 13-month absence to run a “big race” at Arlington Park on Saturday.

WITH Kieren Fallon ruled out, trainer Aidan O’Brien wasted little time in booking leading American jockey Garrett Gomez for Ace in today’s Arlington Million.

Eleven horses – four of whom have travelled from England, Ireland, France and Germany – will take their chance in the Grade One Arlington Million on Saturday.

KIEREN FALLON has been refused permission to ride in the Arlington Million in Chicago tomorrow.

Kieren Fallon has been refused permission to ride in the Arlington Million in Chicago on Saturday, according to reports from America.

The major news to emerge from the draw for the 24th running of the Arlington Million and its two supporting races was that Kieren Fallon has been declared on Aidan O’Brien’s Ace and Ivan Denisovich.

The major news to emerge from the draw for the 24th running of the Arlington Million and its two supporting races was that Kieren Fallon has been declared on Aidan O’Brien’s Ace and Ivan Denisovich.

Martin Dwyer believes Phoenix Reach can overcome a 13-month absence to run a “big race” at Arlington Park on Saturday.

Rival US racetrack operators Churchill Downs and Magna Entertainment have paired up for a simulcast agreement to beam their thoroughbred races to Ireland and Britain.

JAMIE SPENCER was at Arlington Park yesterday in time to take Powerscourt for a spin on the turf before his run in the Million tonight.

Dermot Weld has confirmed that recent course winner Evolving Tactics will run in Saturday’s Group One Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Nad Al Sheba.

Godolphin are set to have their first runners of the year during the second week of the Dubai International Racing Carnival at Nad Al Sheba.

HIGH CHAPARRAL, short of peak fitness or not, has to be fancied to make short work of his rivals in the Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh tomorrow.

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.

KICKHAM warmed up for a possible tilt at the Galway Hurdle when justifying odds of 2-7 in the Niall Brosnan and Co Solicitors’ Novice Hurdle at Killarney yesterday.

TOMAHAWK emerged as a leading contender for Classic honours with a fluent success at the Curragh yesterday.

DUAL Derby winner High Chaparral was named champion male turf horse at the Eclipse Awards in Beverly Hills, California on Monday night when local hope Azeri was crowned Horse of the Year, the Thoroughbred Times website announced.

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

A powerful team of eight left Ballydoyle bound for Arlington Park, Chicago and the Breeders’ Cup.

THE Breeders’ Cup has hit town for the first time and Chicago intends to put itself on the map as one of the top hosts of an event the Americans call the ‘Super Bowl of racing’.