James Fanshawe’s star sprinter Society Rock will be retired to Tally-Ho Stud in Co Westmeath at the end of the season.

There was a minor upset in Saturday night’s first semi-final of the Tyrur McGuigan Open 575 when Razldazl Will, now in the care of Neilus O’Connell, made every yard of the running to claim the first place in next week’s final.

Trainer Henry Cecil said Frankel provided him with “strength” during a season in which he is undergoing treatment for stomach cancer.

SOORAAH gained a welcome Listed success in gutsy style at Ascot yesterday ahead of her retirement to the paddocks at the end of the campaign.

The Queen has indulged her passion for horse racing with a visit to the National Stud.

KIEREN FALLON continued to profit from Ryan Moore’s misfortune as he made an extremely rare but nonetheless successful visit to Brighton yesterday.

Eleanora Duse emerged a most appropriate winner of the Lord Weinstock Memorial Stakes at Newbury today in the colours of the race sponsors Ballymacoll Stud.

RACEHORSE trainer Aidan O’Brien has rejected claims from the promoters of a proposed animal byproducts plant that his horses weren’t affected by emissions from a former rendering plant in the vicinity.

There are no plans as yet to return War Of Attrition to the track following the setback which ruled the 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero out of last season’s race.

Piccolo, the sire of Group One winner La Cucaracha and this season’s emergent juvenile Winker Watson, will stand at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket in 2008.

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is responsible for six of the 13 confirmations for the Independent Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes as he seeks a ninth success in the Curragh feature on Sunday.

PETER Chapple-Hyam is oozing a quiet confidence that Vodafone Derby winner Authorized will hold his own against his elders and enhance his sky-high reputation in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday.

Nicky Henderson has used the cantorspreadfair.com Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle to great effect in recent years and he stuck again when Restless D’Artaix gained a comfortable eight-length victory.

Azamour has been retired to his owner the Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland.

Albert Hall propelled himself to the forefront of Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile team with a battling success in the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh today.

BEEF OR SALMON can take the first step towards possible Cheltenham Gold Cup glory by defying top weight in the Anglo Irish Bank Munster National at Limerick tomorrow.

Leading sire Grand Lodge has been put down following a fight to repair a knee injury.

A trio of Aidan O’Brien-trained three-year-olds are to retire to Coolmore Stud to join the already-announced newcomers High Chaparral, Hawk Wing and Choisir.

THE COUNTRY is losing in the region of €100m in revenue every year due to tax breaks given to the golden circle that runs Ireland's horse racing industry.