Buratino is set to take on the might of Ballydoyle after being confirmed for the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Amazing Maria continued her resurgent summer with victory in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville.

What a fantastic little girl.

Little Tianna Measuria has been drawing praise from all quarters this week after she bravely helped ambulance crews to save her unconscious mother.

Kiyoshi proved her considerable talents remain very much intact with a brilliant victory under the soon-to-retire Jamie Spencer in the Japan Racing Association Sceptre Stakes at Doncaster yesterday.

John Gosden is keeping a watching brief on the ground at Deauville and has yet to confirm Kingman a definite starter in tomorrow’s Prix Jacques le Marois.

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It was déjà vu for the crew of the Courtmacsherry lifeboat yesterday.

A long-range medevac mission — thought to be one of the largest ever undertaken by the Irish Coast Guard — was dramatically stood down midway through the operation last night after the condition of the casualty improved.

ANYONE who has ever known anyone with an Irish wolfhound declares an Irish connection for St Patrick’s Day.

Galway has been named UK & Ireland Great Town of the Year 2013.

A hurricane pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall today while airports closed, cruise ships steered clear and police ordered curfews to deter looting as the late-season storm neared Jamaica’s south coast.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are reportedly planning to purchase a romantic retreat in England.

A mother is in hospital tonight after being swept out to sea with her two sons.

A British charity has suspended plans to deliver aid to Syria because of the worsening violence in Lebanon.

Christophe Soumillon took the spoils aboard Lone Ranger as British raiders failed to land a blow in the Prix du Carrousel at Deauville yesterday.

Elusive Kate gave jockey William Buick and trainer John Gosden yet another Group One winner in a golden summer after making all the running in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville today.

Andrew Balding has put a line through Bonfire’s run in the Derby and is feeling confident ahead of his run in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.

Ishvana (20-1) gave Aidan O’Brien a great start to day two of Royal Ascot ahead of So You Think’s victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes when winning the Jersey Stakes.

A rescue operation was continuing tonight to recover four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race.

An operation to help four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race has been delayed.

Six rowers have been rescued from a life raft in the North Atlantic after their boat capsized.

DAVID Lanigan hopes the rain stays away from Newmarket as he gets Meeznah back on track for the Newsells Park Stud Stakes this afternoon.

RARELY does Henry Cecil win a Group One for the first time nowadays but Timepiece had a pleasant surprise in store by capturing the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes.

THERE are just a couple of days to go before Crystal Ski ends the special package offers it initiated last year.

Dozens of teenagers and crew on board a tall ship stranded in stormy seas off the Isles of Scilly, off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula in the UK, face a third night at sea.

All the crew on a burning ship off the Isles of Scilly are said to be safe.

A REPORT into the sinking of the sail training vessel, Asgard II, off the coast of France two years ago has concluded that it was probably struck by an underwater object.

BANK on Rip Van Winkle to give Aidan O’Brien a sixth Tattersalls Irish Champion Stakes win at Leopardstown today.

RIP Van Winkle heads Aidan O’Brien’s three-strong team as the Ballydoyle trainer seeks a sixth success in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

British raiders Music Show, Spacious and Jacqueline Quest feature among seven runners in Saturday’s Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is responsible for five of the 10 entries at the five-day declaration stage for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

MUSIC SHOW ended a wretched run of luck in Group One company as she put up a dazzling display in the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

AIDAN O’Brien admits stable jockey Johnny Murtagh faces a tough choice ahead of Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Coronation Stakes heroine Lillie Langtry looks set to pit her wits against the older fillies for the first time in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket next month.

Michael Bell travelled to France and completed a career milestone as Allied Powers provided him with his 1000th training success in the Grand Prix de Chantilly.

IT’S AN ill wind that doesn’t blow someone some good. Even the volcanic ash has benefited some people – the mâitre d’hotel at Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow was beaming from ear to ear when I was there recently.

A pregnant woman was airlifted off an Irish ferry on its way to France today after going into labour six weeks early.

INFALLIBLE can prove the star turn on day one of Glorious Goodwood by winning the Betfair Cup.

Impressive German 1000 Guineas winner Briseida is ready to bolster an interesting continental challenge for the Group One UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth Stakes at the Newmarket July meeting.