St Nicholas Abbey is recuperating in intensive care after undergoing complex surgery on a career-ending injury to a pastern.

St Nicholas Abbey will undergo surgery on a fractured pastern this morning.

Hillstar has, as expected, been supplemented for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Dawn Approach has been given the option of stepping back up in trip for the Juddmonte International at York on August 21.

St NIcholas Abbey created history by becoming the first horse to win the Investec Coronation Cup three times at Epsom.

Kieren Fallon is looking forward to taking the ride on Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Little Mike as he makes his Dubai debut on the Super Saturday card at Meydan.

Excelebration could finish only fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on a day of fluctuating emotions for trainer Aidan O’Brien.

Fame And Glory is to be tried in headgear for what could be the decorated stayer’s final start at next month’s Breeders’ Cup.

Olivier Peslier ended a 14-year wait for a fourth Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in very unlikely fashion as the unfancied filly Solemia induced more Japanese heartbreak at Longchamp yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien has spoken of his delight at having Frankie Dettori on board Camelot in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp tomorrow.

Camelot has emerged as clear favourite for tomorrow’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after faring far better than market rival Orfevre in the draw for stalls positions.

Camelot faces a crucial workout this morning as trainer Aidan O’Brien insists he is looking “very strongly” at running his Classic hero in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Camelot faces a crucial workout on Wednesday morning as trainer Aidan O’Brien insists he is looking “very strongly” at running his Classic hero in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Snow Fairy stole the show at Leopardstown with an emotional victory over fellow British raider Nathaniel in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes this afternoon.

Snow Fairy gets the vote ahead of Nathaniel in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this evening.

William Buick remains hopeful he will be able to ride both Nathaniel and Ortensia in their respective Group One targets this weekend.

Nathaniel and Snow Fairy appear among the 12 entries for Saturday’s Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

I’ve seen just about every top-class flat horse from Nijinsky to Sea The Stars, but after watching Frankel at York on Wednesday I have to put Henry Cecil’s colt up as the greatest of all time.

Frankel demolished perhaps the final obstacle blocking his completion as the blueprint of the perfect thoroughbred racehorse in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday.

Jockey Joseph O’Brien is excited about being involved in the Juddmonte International at York today and his mount, St Nicholas Abbey, is a new threat to Frankel.

Connections of Coral-Eclipse winner Nathaniel are unlikely to take on Frankel in next Wednesday’s Juddmonte International Stakes unless there is significant rain at York.

Aidan O’Brien is relishing a clash with Frankel when he sends the “exciting” St Nicholas Abbey to the Juddmonte International at York next week.

Frankel could face at least one stern rival when he lines up for the Juddmonte International in the shape of St Nicholas Abbey.

The Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes is a possible target for Reliable Man following his fine run in last month’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Nathaniel features among 33 entries for the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 8.

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.

Black Caviar will command all the attention at Royal Ascot this afternoon but unless you’re a big punter or a price-starved Australian used to looking at odds as short as 1-33, she’s unlikely to make any appeal from a punting perspective.

Purple, who is bred to be far better than she is, is the nap choice to get off the mark at the sixth time of asking in the Garlow Cross Handicap at Navan this afternoon.

Dunaden is raring to go ahead of the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot before a potential return to the Berkshire track and a clash with Camelot.

Parish Hall heads a field of 11 for the Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh tomorrow.

Camelot maintained his 100% record with a hard-fought victory in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Camelot faces his moment of truth in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket this afternoon.

There would not be a more poignant winner of the Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan than Aidan O’Brien’s St Nicholas Abbey.

Mick Kinane and John Hammond led the tributes to Montjeu after one of the greatest racehorses of the modern era and the sire of three Epsom Derby winners died, aged 16, following a short illness.

Montjeu, the sire of three Epsom Derby winners, has died aged 16 after a short illness.

So You Think and Aidan O’Brien’s large contingent of Dubai runners have arrived safely in the Gulf ahead of Saturday’s World Cup meeting.

Dirar is likely to be in action at the Punchestown Festival next month following his victory over hurdles at Downpatrick on Sunday.

Aidan O'Brien's Await The Dawn has been drawn close to the inside in stall two in the Group One Dubai Duty Free over nine furlongs at Meydan on Saturday.

Joseph O’Brien has played down speculation linking him with the mount on So You Think in the Dubai World Cup on Saturday week.

Big Zeb is likely to have another crack at Sizing Europe in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at next month’s Punchestown Festival.

DERMOT WELD expects to have a better idea of where Unaccompanied stands in the pecking order after she runs in the BHP Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 29.

Classy filly Unaccompanied showed the boys the way home with an impressive performance in the Istabraq Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.

WHEN I was asked this week to write about the highs and lows of 2011 my immediate reaction was to focus on the new whip rules brought in by the BHA across the water.

HURRICANE FLY was named Horse of the Year at the annual Irish Horse Racing Awards ceremony at Leopardstown yesterday.