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SELECTIONS Epsom (Tomorrow) 2.40 Premio Loco 4.00 Carlton House FEARS over Carlton House were dispelled today with John Warren, the Queen's racing manager, declaring that the three-year-old is on track for tomorrow's Investec Derby after two successful canters at Newmarket this morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT WILL be just like old times at Epsom this weekend as Kieren Fallon and Aidan O'Brien join forces once more in the Investec Oaks and Derby. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE lessons of history suggest that jump racing's old marvels Kauto Star and Denman could both struggle in the battle of the generations in tomorrow's highly-competitive totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAUL NICHOLLS' decision to switch Big Buck's from fences to hurdles has been rewarded with an unbeaten sequence of victories over marathon distances that now stretches to 10. Tomorrow the horse bids to make racing history by winning the Ladbrokes World Hurdle for the third year in succession, a feat that eluded past staying giants Inglis Drever, Baracouda and Galmoy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ ACE will be at a premium on the drying ground at Cheltenham as the fastest chasers from both sides of the Irish Sea step out in the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOUR SQUADRON can make the leap to Grade One level with victory in the 32Red Novices' Hurdle at Sandown tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner Denman has been retired after suffering a setback in his preparation for the Lexus Chase. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A DRAMATIC changing of the guard last season sees the shining new champion Long Run defend his crown in the Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SEA MOON can win the Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs tomorrow night to give Sir Michael Stoute a fifth victory in the £3million race. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ RAINER Ed Dunlop suffered Melbourne Cup heartbreak today as Red Cadeaux was denied on the line by Frenchtrained raider Dunaden at Flemington Park. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIAMOND HARRY can take top honours in what looks a high-quality Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ HANGES to the controversial whip rules were announced today, ending the limit of five hits at the climax of a race and dropping the automatic loss of prize money. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ N THEIR darker moments racehorse trainers will tell you with some authority that their job entails months of misery and moments of magic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RICHARD HANNON suffered a blow last week when Harbour Watch was ruled out of the Dewhurst Stakes but he can still win the Group One event at Newmarket tomorrow with Bronterre. The two-year-old, who is unbeaten in two starts, showed a fine turn of foot when winning a Listed contest at Goodwood last time. Though that race might not have been the strongest, Bronterre was still impressive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SIR MICHAEL STOUTE has not ruled out the possibility of withdrawing Workforce from Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe because of the prospect of fast ground at Longchamp. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ EW men have lived the dream more gloriously than Donald 'Ginger' McCain, whose death at the age of 80 was announced today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ OHN GOSDEN and William Buick can land back-to-back renewals of the St Leger with Masked Marvel in the final Classic of the season at Doncaster tomorrow. Just 12 months on from the stirring victory of Arctic Cosmos on Town Moor, the trainer and jockey return with a huge chance of notching up another big-race success. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ UNTERS are badly in need of a boost after the first two days of York's new four-day Ebor meeting. Results have been unpredictable on ground that has been more testing than expected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ ONSOLATION could be on the cards at York tomorrow for Lee Westwood, who is badly in need of a pick-me-up after his latest disappointment in the US PGA last weekend. His first elusive Major triumph will have to wait for at least another eight months. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ ODOLPHIN'S classy filly Blue Bunting has provided the highs and lows of a topsy-turvy season for her jockey Frankie Dettori. On his day the Italian is a match for anyone in the weighing room. He proved it with a stunning run along the rails on Blue Bunting that snatched an improbable victory in the 1,000 Guineas in May and repeated the trick on her at the Curragh with a late charge that took them to the front in the Irish Oaks in the shadow of the post. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ T IS hardly a surprise that training great Barry Hills has chosen this week's prestigious York Ebor meeting for his swansong. Hills, 74, has enjoyed many big-race successes in the north, particularly at Chester and the Knavesmire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TRAINER Mark Johnston has enjoyed a great deal of success at the Shergar Cup and his improving three-year-old Ithoughtitwasover can complete a hat-trick in the Titanic Belfast Shergar Cup Classic at the annual Ascot meeting tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WILLIAM HAGGAS has a fearsome reputation for landing major handicaps and tomorrow he will bid to add to his haul with a lively outsider in new recruit Dafeef. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NOTHING that Sir Henry Cecil achieves during the final two days of Glorious Goodwood can possibly compare with Frankel's thunderous victory in the Qipco Sussex Stakes yesterday but he has a chance to saddle another winner tomorrow with the much-improved Chachamaidee in the Group 3 Oak Tree Stakes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FEW if any horses currently in training are more versatile than the hardy seven-year-old campaigner Overturn who swaps Galway for Goodwood tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IN THE DIM and distant past when the sport of horseracing was primarily for the amusement of aristocrats, match races were invariably the order of the day. Two horses would line up with substantial sidebets between their owners and tactics were all important. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RICHARD HANNON took Glorious Goodwood by storm last year and the champion trainer can get off to a flying start at the valuable five-day meeting which kicks off tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOSEPH O'BRIEN has yet to ride a winner in England. But blood is sometimes thicker than water and the 18-year-old has been handed the biggest ride of his racing career by his father, the recordbreaking trainer Aidan O'Brien, in the £1million King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROGER CHARLTON can claim all the plaudits tomorrow as Ascot's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes meeting gets under way. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KINETICA can earn her connections a valuable Listed win by landing tomorrow's highlight at Sandown. Sir Mark Prescott's two-year-old filly will take all the beating in the sevenfurlong Weatherbys VAT Services Star Stakes having won impressively on her last start at Chester. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRILLIANT miler Frankel impressed trainer Sir Henry Cecil this morning in his final piece of serious work before his showdown with Canford Cliffs at Glorious Goodwood next week. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PASTORAL PLAYER can return to his best when he is stepped back up to six furlongs in the Shadwell Stakes at Newbury tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

VETEREN sprinter War Artist can reward punters who bet each-way in the Darley July Cup, which is the highlight at Newmarket tomorrow. The eight-year-old faces a difficult task against the likes of Delegator and Star Witness but he remains an outstanding alternative for those followers anticipating an upset. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAHPRESA can grab her third victory at Newmarket by winning the Falmouth Stakes at the July meeting tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

REDWOOD can return from a lengthy break refreshed and ready for action in the Princess of Wales's Stakes, the highlight of day one of Newmarket's July meeting tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SO YOU THINK let down his supporters with a narrow defeat at Royal Ascot but redemption awaits in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOHN GOSDEN has not won the John Smith's Northumberland Plate in nearly 20 years but he looks to have an excellent chance of ending that barren spell with Investissement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Looking Sir Henry SACRED SHIELD may not be the biggest star in Sir Henry Cecil's yard but the filly can still give the trainer a decent winner at Newbury tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ANTE-POST punters who waded in early on the favourite Delegator in tomorrow's Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot face an uncomfortable 24 hours as the horse's connections monitor the amount of rain that falls on the course ahead of the big sprint. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL OWEN was left in tears — and almost without a voice — after Brown Panther's runaway victory in the King George V Stakes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE has been one notable setback for Richard Hughes, the most stylish and intelligent of jockeys, in a season of high achievements that have already yielded three winners from the opening two days of Royal Ascot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

¦ HORTLY before the opening race at Royal Ascot yesterday the Queen unveiled a magnificent bronze of Yeats, the only horse to win the Ascot Gold Cup four times, between 2006 and 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MASTER trainer Aidan O'Brien is not a man given to over-hyping his horses. So it was enlightening to hear his comments after his Aussie import So You Think had strolled to victory in the Group One Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh last month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE opening day of Royal Ascot provides an ideal opportunity for racing to salute its latest knight, Sir Henry Cecil. The trainer has long been a genius at preparing horses but when the winners began to dry up 10 years ago, we saw the full measure of the man as he fought hard to rekindle the fire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KIEREN FALLON was today cleared by the High Court to ride Recital in the Investec Derby tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DICK TURPIN can repay his owner's faith by overturning stablemate Canford Cliffs in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ASKAR TAU can earn a crack at next month's Ascot Gold Cup with victory in the Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup at York tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GENKI can gain a richly deserved Group success on day one of the Dante meeting at York tomorrow, writes Michael Curran. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]