King's Gambit (Ire)

Godolphin's ever-dependable Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) brought up the 16th victory of his globetrotting career with a second consecutive win in Sunday's US$2.5-million G3 H.H. The Amir Trophy, the showpiece event in the Qatari racing calendar. This year's renewal was run at the Al Uqda Equestrian Complex, and a day later than planned, after the original fixture at Al Rayyan on Saturday was postponed due to concerns about the safety of the track. The race was also run over the shorter distance of 2,300 metres (from 2,400 metres), but...

If you believe that Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is the best stayer to emerge from Ballydoyle since Yeats (Ire), then it could be said that all those that lined up for last year's G1 Gold Cup in his absence were granted a stay of execution. Back to Royal Ascot on Thursday with his severe injury woes behind him, the latest sakura from the ever-flourishing branch of one of Moyglare's great trees is one of the week's major stories. Aidan O'Brien described ahead of last year's G1 Irish St Leger bid...