Horse Racing Ireland has announced a number of changes to the Irish flat pattern programme for the coming season.

King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes hero Novellist has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after running a temperature.

Trainer Andreas Wohler remains confident there is lots of improvement in leading Arc contender Novellist following hisworkmanlike victory at Baden-Baden on Sunday.

Novellist continued his preparations for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a workmanlike victory in the Grosser Preis von Baden yesterday.

Connections of Main Sequence will wait until next week before deciding whether to aim the Investec Derby runner-up at the Ladbrokes St Leger.

Graham Lee continues to force the pace in what has already been a dream start to his new career as winners number 51 and 52 arrived at Hamilton yesterday.

Opera Gal produced a gutsy all-the-way triumph in the silks of racecourse chairman Jeff Smith in the Upavon Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury yesterday.

Opera Gal produced a gutsy all-the-way triumph in the silks of racecourse chairman Jeff Smith in the Upavon Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury this afternoon.

Dominic Gardiner-Hill believes Frankel is capable of taking his rating to even more astonishing levels after the British Horseracing Authority’s handicapper allotted the colt a mark of 138 for his victory in Saturday’s JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

Connections of Danedream will study the likely opposition before deciding whether to supplement the progressive three-year-old filly for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

Choosing the right location for a team base is fraught with difficulties. Declan Kidney’s choice for his charges has appeared to have been an inspired choice.

Pat Eddery has booked Olivier Peslier to ride Hearts Of Fire in the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas – and believes his colt is overpriced for next month’s Newmarket Classic.

Stephane Pasquier is in demand to ride Getaway in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

As the countdown begins in earnest to the return of Kieren Fallon, the six-times champion jockey is considering the options for the scene of his eagerly-awaited comeback ride.

David Brown will bid to cap his second season training by scoring with his first runner in Ireland as Doncaster Rover heads to the Curragh for Sunday’s Patrick P. O’Leary Memorial Phoenix Sprint.

Godolphin are in no hurry to finalise plans for Schiaparelli following his victory in the Goodwood Cup.

Michael Bell's Prompter became the first progeny of the 2005 Derby winner Motivator to win when he put up a convincing performance under Hayley Turner in the EBF Maiden Stakes at Chester today.

Schiaparelli struck for Godolphin with a game performance to win the Coutts Goodwood Cup today.

Richard Hannon is fast turning the £200,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint into a benefit and registered his seventh success in 18 years as Monsieur Chevalier starred on day two of Newbury’s Dubai Summer Festival.

War Artist will belatedly start his season in either the July Cup or the Hackwood Stakes after rain postponed his reappearance on Saturday.

Black-clad protesters attacked police and set a customs station ablaze today on a bridge linking France and Germany which served hours earlier as the backdrop for a show of unity by Nato leaders.

Investigators were trying today to find out why a gunman killed 13 people at an immigration centre before apparently shooting himself.

Police held back protesters with tear gas and detained two dozen people in a pre-dawn clash before a summit of leaders of 28 Nato nations today on the French-German border.

Police in France and Germany prepared today to protect Nato’s 60th anniversary summit after quelling violent protests on the eve of the gathering with tear gas, rubber bullets and the detention of hundreds of protesters.

French police detained at least 300 anti-NATO demonstrators after violent clashes ahead of a two-day summit to mark the alliance’s 65th anniversary.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators were today descending on two German towns and the French city of Strasbourg to protest at a Nato summit marking the alliance’s 60th anniversary.

GERMAN investigators who have hunted Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim for decades said yesterday that new information indicating the former concentration camp doctor died in Egypt in 1992 appears credible and that they will attempt to find his body.

Alex Ferguson has backed Rio Ferdinand’s assessment of the ’WAG’ culture surrounding the England national team at the 2006 World Cup – but does not feel it will be a problem under Fabio Capello.

Classy dual-purpose gelding Group Captain is primed to make his debut for Hugh Collingridge this weekend.

Jamie Spencer’s visit to Germany paid off today as he steered Lovelace to victory in the Group Two Darley Oettingen-Rennen at Baden-Baden.

Michael Jarvis is leaning away from sending improving sprinter Ancien Regime to York for a crack at the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes on August 22.

Frank Sonata is reported to be in good form ahead of his first race for almost 18 months at Nottingham tomorrow.

Mick Channon is determined Championship Point can defy sizeable odds by running with credit in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes.

ZAMBEZI SUN will enjoy a sedate build-up to the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after delighting connections in his last serious exertions at the weekend.

Youmzain could finish only fourth in his attempt to secure a second Group One success in Germany.

Mick Channon's Majestic Roi could only finish second as All Is Vanity made every yard of the running in the Prix De Sandringham Mitsubishi Motors at Chantilly.

British raider Norse Dancer and Irish challenger Fracas made no impression as Prince Flori sprang a surprise in the Group One Grosser Volkswagen Preis von Baden at Baden-Baden.

Frank Lampard gave England a scare when he twisted his ankle in a practice match at the team’s training camp in Baden-Baden, according to reports.

Rio Ferdinand remains a fitness doubt for England’s World Cup second-round clash with Ecuador in Stuttgart on Sunday.

Newcastle today confirmed Michael Owen has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after the England striker was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup.

Michael Owen’s World Cup is over after he was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament in Germany..

Michael Owen is expected to be ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after undergoing a scan on his injured right knee today.

DAVID BECKHAM insists the German slurs against his family will not distract him from the World Cup.

Sven-Goran Eriksson today insisted Wayne Rooney is “injury free” and now just needs to obtain match fitness before he plays in the World Cup.