High Chaparral, winner of the 2002 Derby, has been put down at Fethard Equine Hospital, aged 15.

Mubtaker has his first run for 314 days tomorrow and trainer Marcus Tregoning feels that last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runner-up is giving all the right signs.

VINNIE ROE is fancied to shrug off top weight, the steadier of 10-2, and make a winning reappearance in the listed Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

NEW Ballydoyle stable jockey Jamie Spencer has been fined HK$50,000 (€5,000) by stewards at Sha Tin in Hong Kong after being found guilty of misconduct after an altercation with fellow jockey Christophe Soumillon.

Jamie Spencer was fined Hong Kong $50,000 (€5,200) by the stewards at Sha Tin after being found guilty of misconduct after an altercation with fellow jockey Christophe Soumillon.