Henry Cecil’s Apple Charlotte is taking a break after a fruitless mission to America last month.

Dermot Weld’s Carribean Sunset finished fourth in the American Oaks at Hollywood Park.

Godolphin’s Ashkal Way will be out of action for some time after sustaining an injury to his right front tendon.

Ashkal Way landed his first victory at the highest level when displaying an impressive turn of foot to win the 400,000 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park yesterday.

Doug O’Neill is delighted with the condition of Lava Man ahead of the Breeders’ Cup Classic – but understands why he is only third favourite.

Godolphin expect to be represented by two horses at next month’s showpiece Breeders’ Cup meeting at Churchill Downs on November 4, with both Librettist and Echo Of Light taking their chance in the Mile event.

Dermot Weld is hoping Grey Swallow can avoid the “bounce factor” when he lines up in Saturday’s Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park.

John Best has nominated the American Oaks or a Group race in Germany as possible targets for his Vodafone Oaks runner-up Rising Cross.

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Stevie Wonderboy will miss the Kentucky Derby on May 6 after sustaining an injury to his right front ankle.

SHEIKH Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum may not have been as familiar a figure on racecourses as his two brothers but his influence has been just as important.

LUAS LINE booked her ticket to America for the Garden State Breeders Cup next month when scoring a smooth success in the featured Denny Cordell Lavarack Memorial Fillies Stakes at Gowran Park yesterday.

MONA LISA, having her sights considerably lowered, gets the nod to take the Listed Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Give Thanks Fillies Stakes at Cork this afternoon.

Japanese raider Cesario blitzed the field to run out an impressive four-length winner of the American Oaks Invitational Stakes at Hollywood Park on Sunday.

AILISH McSWEENEY will be the star attraction at the Munster indoor championships in Nenagh on Sunday as she attempts a double in the sprints.

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.

WEATHER forecasters gave little encouragement yesterday morning for the European Breeders’ Cup raiding party as fears grew over the possibility that testing conditions may prevail on the turf at Lone Star Park this weekend.

TOP-WEIGHT Dark Cheetah provided Aidan O’Brien with back-to-back victories in the Derrinstown Stud Birdcatcher Nursery on a day of doubles for three top trainers at Naas yesterday.

WARRENS CASTLE is a reasonably confident choice to land the nap in the Water Towers Chase at Ballinrobe tomorrow.

Dermot Weld’s Misty Heights was unplaced in the Grade One American Oaks at Hollywood Park.

Dress To Thrill, a homebred Grade One winner for Walter Haefner’s Moyglare Stud Farm, has been retired after disappointing in the Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park last month.

Irish-trained filly Dimitrova, impressive winner of the American Oaks at Hollywood Park, heads a strong European challenge for the 250,000 Garden City Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Belmont tomorrow.

CHOISIR familiarised himself with the surroundings of the July course at Newmarket yesterday morning as he prepares for his next big date on Thursday.

Dermot Weld enhanced his excellent overseas record when Dimitrova made light work of her rivals in the $750,000 (€652,000) American Oaks at Hollywood Park yesterday.

Azeri turned in an impressive performance to take Saturday’s Grade One Milady Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park.

American legend Laffit Pincay Jr, the world’s winning-most jockey, has announced his retirement from the saddle.