Cirrus Des Aigles continued his worrying decline with yet another defeat at Deauville yesterday.

Trainer Patrick Prendergast reports Sugar Boy to be “very sore” following his run in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday.

Jim Bolger will take his time with Dawn Approach before formulating a plan for the beaten Investec Derby favourite.

Dawn Approach hardened as Derby favourite after 33-1 shot Libertarian won the Dante Stakes at York yesterday.

A woman has been killed and several others injured when a minibus taking them to a hen party was involved in a crash with a lorry on a British motorway.

Trainer Tom Hogan will weigh up the options for Gordon Lord Byron after his thrilling victory in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp on Sunday.

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.

The Dick Hern Listed Fillies’ Stakes at Haydock (4.00) is a really competitive looking race but it provides an opportunity for the rapidly progressive Dank to earn some black type.

Dermot Weld has a particularly strong hand at Galway tonight and is fancied to land a treble.

In this afternoon's King George (4.35) at Ascot, Nathaniel will bid to become the first horse since Swain (1997/98) to win successive runnings of the Group 1 race.

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

This afternoon’s meeting at Pontefract has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

Fame And Glory will be on a retrieval mission if he lines up for the Prix Maurice de Nieuil over a mile and three-quarters at Longchamp on Saturday.

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Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

Nine unbeaten colts will put their perfect records on the line in what looks a high-class renewal of the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

Connections of New Pearl are upbeat about the colt’s chance in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday – despite an odds-on reverse last time ou

Coolnagree might go in search of Pattern-race success at Leopardstown in two weeks’ time.

The sweat was still dripping off Paul Green long after Irish training finished beneath the Tuscan sun yesterday but rarely can a man have seemed so happy about working hard in the summertime when he thought the living would be easy.

Henry Cecil feels the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes does not fit into Frankel’s schedule after taking the world-beating colt out of the Leopardstown Group One.

The Fugue was catapulted towards the head of the betting for the Investec Oaks after an imperious display in the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York yesterday.

Another smart two-year-old from Richard Hannon's seemingly inexhaustible supply-line provided Richard Hughes with his first winner of the season at Kempton today.

Jadanna gave James Given his first two-year-old winner of the season from his first runner when taking the Bhest Racing To School Maiden Fillies' Stakes at a wet Pontefract this afternoon.

Brian Meehan’s highly-touted Most Improved carries “maximum stable confidence” on his seasonal reappearance in tomorrow’s Novae Bloodstock Insurance Craven Stakes at Newmarket.

Former smart Flat performer Distant Memories made a winning debut over timber in the Roches Feeds Maiden Hurdle at Limerick.

Progressive young stayer Colour Vision will not run again this season following a third excellent run in October.

THE Professional Jockeys Association yesterday called for urgent progress in amending the new whip rules brought into effect last week.

The Professional Jockeys Association today called for urgent progress in amending the new whip rules brought into effect last week.

There will be no immediate changes to new whip rules but the situation will be under review, with a report expected by "no later than the end of the week", the British Horseracing Authority said in a statement this evening.

Paul Hanagan's double contrasted with a major net loss for Silvestre de Sousa on a day when all three champion jockey aspirants were in direct competition at Nottingham.

Hot favourite Humungosaur was a big disappointment as Cherry Street opened his account in the EBF "Franklins Gardens" Maiden at Pontefract today.

Horse racing tips for selected courses in the UK.

Horse racing tips for selected courses in Ireland and the UK.

Horse racing tips for courses in the UK.

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

Alan McCabe has decided not to send Sans Loi for the Jebel Ali Stables & Racecourse Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Eve Johnson Houghton could launch a double raid on the Curragh this weekend with stable stars The Cheka and Fontley.

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.

Slumber, ante-post favourite for the John Smith’s Cup next weekend, is also among 17 confirmations for the Princess of Wales’s sportingbet.com Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday.

ROYAL ASCOT heroine Banimpire and multiple Group One-winning mare Snow Fairy feature among the entries for the bet365 Lancashire Oaks at Haydock on Saturday.

Misty For Me floored multiple Group One winner Midday in sensational style when making all the running in the Stobart Ireland Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.

ADDRESS Unknown bids to show he is a force to be reckoned with over staying distances in the At The Races Curragh Cup today.

Michael Bell feels it is difficult to choose between his two runners in Saturday’s John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.

CELERINA, narrowly denied by Margot Did at Ayr on Saturday, is likely to have her next race in the Rockingham Handicap at the Curragh next month.