International  

Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck will be unleashed against dual Arc heroine Champion trainer John Gosden is not taking anything for granted as star mare Enable takes aim at the £1.25 million G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes (3.40pm) at Ascot this Saturday, July 27.

Racing is mourning the loss of one of the best fillies it has seen since the turn of the century after Sea Of Class died on Monday following complications arising from colic surgery.

Champion stayer Stradivarius is going for a record third straight win in the opening day highlight, the £500,000 G1 Qatar Goodwood Cup over two miles.

Sangarius and Regal Reality, both impressive G3 winners this season for Newmarket trainer Sir Michael Stoute, feature among 11 tremendous entries for £120,000 G2 Sky Bet York Stakes (3.15pm) on Saturday, July 27.

Despite all the sweltering, though, most of the weekend's big stakes eventually were run. Monmouth eliminated all non-stakes on Saturday and moved the rest of the card to evening hours, including the Grade I Haskell, won by Maximum Security - Saratoga's Saturday stakes were moved to Sunday with Guarana winning the Grade I Coaching Club American Oaks

Leopardstown boss Pat Keogh has been announced as the CEO of the Curragh with immediate effect, taking over from the outgoing Derek McGrath.

The BHA on Monday underlined the importance of welfare among the sport's participants in light of Britain's imminent heatwave this week – one some forecasters reckon could lead to record highs.

Frankie Dettori's message to Simon Crisford before the Darley Prix Robert Papin on Sunday was "leave it to me" and the rider's confidence paid off as A'Ali eased to Group 2 victory at Deauville under a jockey riding the crest of a wave.

Roger Charlton is relishing the challenge of taking on the staying division's dominant force Stradivarius with Marsh Cup winner Withhold.

Enable and Crystal Ocean in a King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes for the ages at Ascot on Saturday.

One might wonder whether Eddie Lynam ever gets fed up with the moniker of sprint king, but some of the best sprinters of the last decade have been through his hands, and in the surprising frame of Lady O'Reilly's Kyllachy filly Soffia it looks as though he might have another star.

Star Catcher fully justified the decision to supplement her for the Kerrygold Irish Oaks by making all to land the Curragh Classic under an inspired ride from Frankie Dettori on Saturday.

Marylou Whitney, who carried on the legacy of one of thoroughbred racing's great dynasties, died on Friday, aged 93, at her home in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Royal Ascot winner Move Swiftly would have been a short-priced favourite for this Group 2 but trainer William Haggas on Saturday night said the filly would not run.

The British have dominated the Prix Robert Papin in recent years, winning the last five editions, and the four-strong team this time is headed by Norfolk Stakes winner A'Ali.

Bettys Hope, who cost £3,000 as a yearling, gave the Millman family a second fairytale win at odds of 14-1 in the Weatherbys Super Sprint when denying the Richard Fahey-trained trio of Show Me Show Me, Mighty Spirit and favourite Ventura Rebel.

In the last decade the prize has only stayed at home three times, most recently in 2014 thanks to the Aidan O'Brien-trained Fountain Of Youth. Slade Power was successful the year before for Eddie Lynam, while Invincible Ash did the business for Michael Halford in 2011.