WILLIAM BUICK will miss the last day of the Ebor festival at York laster this month after picking up a three-day ban for careless riding at Haydock on Saturday.
Overdriven (Todd Pletcher/John Velazquez) smashed his rivals for a four-length victory in the Sanford, the most prestigious two-year-old race of the season so far at Saratoga on Sunday
CIRRUS DES AIGLES (Corine Barande-Barbe/Franck Blondel) justified odds of 2-5 to record an impressive victory in the Grand Prix de Vichy.
THE July festival looks poised to begin on ground described as good to firm, good in places after Newmarket's July course avoided any rain overnight.
TOM QUEALLY, who has come in for some stick for his premature move on Frankel in the St James's Palace Stakes, has defended himself by insisting he was riding to instructions.
THE final winning entrant in our Royal Ascot caption competition has been selected.
BEWITCHED, who beat just two home despite going off favourite for Saturday's Golden Jubilee Stakes, was reported to be lame on Sunday morning.
ANDY BROWN, the first ever Fancy 5 winner, proved his success was no fluke, landing the competition for the second time in less than a month.
A PUNTER who staked just £4 was celebrating on Saturday night after landing £229,533 on the Scoop6 after Deacon Blues stormed to victory in the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot.
Fox Hunt makes it two for the meeting for Mark Johnston and Silvestre de Sousa
Swingkeel, third last year, wins the closing marathon for John Dunlop and Ted Durcan
James Fanshawe follows up his Golden Jubilee win with victory in the big 6 furlong h'cap
THINK Flat racing and most think of Royal Ascot. The hats - running the gamut from stunning to misguided - the pageantry, the Queen in her carriage, the tops 'n' tails, the champagne on lush green lawns and, not forgetting, the incredible racing come together to form one of Britain's most iconic sporting events.
Over five days in mid-June the nation's great and good descend upon the royal racetrack for an occasion rich in every sense - in heritage, in sporting merit,and in the vast array of wealth represented by the crowds of dukes, earls and oligarchs strutting before the grandstand.
For mere mortals Royal Ascot is a chance to watch and wonder at the elaborate outfits donned at the Berkshire racecourse and watch in wonder as the cream of British and Irish Flat talent square off against each other and - increasingly - the steady stream of raiders from Australia, America and other corners of the globe.
