After 12 months in the wilderness Aidan O'Brien's St Nicholas Abbey returned to form with a vengeance when blitzing his rivals in landing the Group 3 Boodles Diamond Ormonde Stakes on the final day of the Chester May meeting.

Newmarket handler Marco Botti has been mapping out a possible campaign for Excelebration after the three-year-old proved the only horse to get within striking distance of the imperious odds-on Qipco 2000 Guineas favourite Frankel in last weekend's Group 3 Greenham…

Northern Ireland-based trainer Stuart Crawford is putting the final touches to the preparation of Grand National 2011 hopeful Killyglen and has made it clear to all who care to listen that his charge's hopes rest primarily on the weather being…