@AtTheRaces @barryrobson News: Dettori back in the groove: Frankie Dettori proved you can't keep a good man down as he booted home a winn... http://bit.ly/XUGi6K

Dettori leaves Godolphin after 18 years! Lots of great memories...and flying dismounts! Ciao Frankie!

Nacarat is set to make his seasonal reappearance in the Betfred Monet's Garden Old Roan Chase at Aintree on Saturday. Trainer Tom George hopes the two-and-a-half-mile limited handicap will leave the 11-year-old spot-on for another crack at the william Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. "Our plan at the moment is to run as long as they don't get any more rain and the ground stays as it is," said the Slad-based handler. "We'll see how he is. He worked well on Tuesday and is ready to go. "He came back in on July 1, so he's had plenty of time, but there are very few races we can run him in. "He's dropping back in trip and this race is not going to bottom him. He's in good form and he's been working well. He's had a racecourse gallop for a trip away. "He'll come on for it but he's got to have a run now and then the chances are we won't run him again until Christmas in the King George, which he enjoys" .

Ayr...four to follow!

This afternoon's meeting at Ayr goes ahead after the track passed a 6.30am inspection. Thursday's meeting at the Scottish venue was abandoned due to a waterlogged track but conditions have improved sufficiently to race today. A dry night has seen the ground turn to heavy and officials have declared the course as fit to race. Four to follow in an Each Way Yankee Bet 2.20 Boston Rocker, 3.25 Take it To The Max, 4.35 Sphinx, 5.10 Holy Roman Warrior G` Luck!

Encke`s Next Move Dubai

Saturday's Ladbrokes St Leger winner Encke could be given the option of making his next appearance on the track in Dubai during the spring. In dashing hopes for Camelot to secure a first English Triple Crown in 42 years by thwarting the hot favourite by three-quarters of a length, Encke was providing Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation with their sixth victory in the season's final Classic. It was announced straight after the race that the colt would not be seen in action again this year, but Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford provided an update in France on Sunday. He said: "Encke is very well and he won't run again this season, but we will keep in mind the middle-distance championship races, starting off with races like the Coronation Cup and King George. "It has not been discussed if he might go for the Sheema Classic in Dubai, but it's a possibility."

We`re Back...with a nice couple of WINNERS!

After Dr Yes` success yesterday at Bath we advised a bet today on Moonlight Cloud who just edged out Farhh in a tactical race for the Qatar Prix du Moulin at Longhamp. Frankie Dettori set out to dictate affairs on the Godolphin-owned four-year-old Farhh, who has been well-beaten by Frankel in his last two starts, but he could not shake off Freddie Head's filly, who ranged alongside him a furlong out. She responded to Thierry Jarnet's urgings to get her head in front close home for a narrow success, her third at Group One level. The pair pulled a long way clear of Sarkiyla, with the Alan McCabe-trained Caspar Netscher last of the four runners. Head said: "She's wonderful, how tough she is, she's a fighter. She will miss the Foret and go to Santa Anita (for the Breeders' Cup) and she could maybe stay in training at five, but I'll have to talk to (owner) George Strawbridge about that. "Six furlongs is too sharp for her, I think that's why she got beaten at Ascot. Jarnet told me that the last 400 metres, they galloped. It was a real mile."

Another One For Her Majesty

Hats off for a Royal winner! Free Verse and Brendan Powell Jnr, who is more commonly known as a jumps jockey, landed the first race at Newmarket this afternoon for trainer Richard Hannon. This was The Queen's eleventh winner of 2012, resulting in an impressive 24% strike rate of winners to runners. Not bad in Diamond Jubilee year!

Plate Preview...if it`s on!

Donald McCain has high hopes Ile De Re can follow up his Chester Cup victory in the John Smith's Northumberland Plate at Newcastle. The six-year-old led home a notable one-two for the Cheshire trainer when foiling Overturn's attempt to land back-to-back victories on the Roodee last month, and he will now bid to emulate his versatile stablemate, who won the two-mile 'Pitmen's Derby' in 2010. His run at Chester was his first since joining the McCain team from the Ian Williams stable.

The trainer told At The Races: "I hadn't had him long before Chester. It was about three weeks and he came in great nick from Ian Williams. Since Chester this has been the target and everything has gone smoothly. The ground is going to be in his favour, I don't see why the track shouldn't suit and we're hoping for a big run. "Overturn got the run of the race at Chester and everything went to plan apart from the ground and this horse still managed to beat him." Silvestre de Sousa is expecting a big run from the Mark Johnston-trained Gulf Of Naples, whom he steered into fourth place behind his former stablemate Colour Vision in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. The jockey said: "There's a bit more to come from him and he's going to win a big race, I hope, this year. He's a nice horse and has been improving all year. The Gold Cup was a big race, he ran a blinder, but he did not have a hard time out there. "They went a nice even gallop, then we quickened up and he finished the race nicely and quickened all the way to the line. I think he goes there with a good chance. He goes on any kind of ground. To me he'll win a Group race this year."

Richard Fahey runs three and is particularly keen on the chances of Lexington Bay in a race he has yet to win. He said: "I'm delighted he's got in. He'll love the ground, he'll love the trip. This has been his long-term plan, but we didn't think we'd done enough to get in it. He got struck into at Kempton and probably needed the run at York the other day. That will put him spot on and I'm looking forward to seeing him run."

FRANKIE DETTORI bagged a second winner at Royal Ascot this week as Tha'ir powered clear of his rivals in the final furlong of the Chesham Stakes to win by two and a quarter lengths. The recent Ripon winner was a third two-year-old winner of the week for first-season sire New Approach as he shot out of the pack up the far side to win at 9-2. Cruck Realta finished best of the four runners Mick Channon had in the race back in second with a further neck back to Godolphin's other runner, the Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained Lovely Pass. Cruck Realta and stablemate The Sixties had been contesting the lead since the off and it looked like Move To Strike would be the biggest danger to that pair as they raced towards the final furlong. However it was Saeed Bin Suroor's runner who came out on top to give the trainer a second win in the race and earn a quote of 25-1 from Paddy Power for next year's Qipco 2,000 Guineas. Dettori said: "The further he was going the better he was winning and he is a nice horse for the future." Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford added: "That was fantastic and what a week for New Approach. I am really excited. It has been a fantastic week for the team and I am really pleased."

Born To Sea Has Chance To Shine

Born To Sea has another chance to come out of the shadow of his illustrious half-brother Sea The Stars when he goes for glory in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The three-year-old colt has just one success to his name but while he was well-beaten in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, he finished as well as anything when fifth in the Irish equivalent, where he had the benefit of a hood to help him settle. Connections still regard him as a classy type and he will be sporting the hood again. His rider Johnny Murtagh, who rode a Classic winner in France on Sunday, told At The Races: "Born To Sea ran a bit keen at Newmarket but he settled better the last day and I think he can step up again."

Queen Anne Stakes Preview

Frankel goes for his 11th straight victory as he bids to get Royal Ascot off to the best possible start tomorrow. Sir Henry Cecil's superstar colt has carried all before him so far and heads into the first race of five glorious days as the long odds-on favourite, having made an impressive reappearance as a four-year-old in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury last month to register his sixth Group One success, despite suffering a setback that cost him 10 days' work. Cecil told At The Races: "He's in good order and there are no excuses. You always feel nerves with horses like that, he has a great following and you don't want to let anyone down. I'm very proud of what he's achieved, we're lucky to have him and I hope to continue where we left off." He added: "People love champions, whatever the sport, not just racing. I'm not a golf or tennis fan but I love watching the best. If people are not involved in racing they still latch on to them (champions), so let's hope he continues. "After Ascot, the idea would be to go to Goodwood (for the Sussex Stakes) then he'll go a bit further in distance at York (Juddmonte International)." Owner Khalid Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe felt it was a credit to the horse that he won so well at Newbury after his injury scare. "In every way we were (impressed) because after his little scare, we were a bit apprehensive going into a Group One having missed about 10 days, so to get him back on track and the way he did it, we were just delighted really," he told British Champions Series TV.

York Preview

Marco Botti sent out Acclamazing to dead-heat for second in last year's Bond Tyres Trophy and Bartolomeu will try to go one better for the trainer at York on Saturday. The Footstepsinthesand gelding had done most of his running on the all-weather before putting up a decent performance on turf to finish second to Mince in a competitive six-furlong handicap at Newmarket last time. Botti said: "He has come out of his race in good form and I was pleased with his performance at Newmarket. He would not want too much rain but I'm happy with him and I think six furlongs is his best trip." The handler added: "He probably goes into the race with a stronger chance than Acclamazing as that horse was one of the top-weights and he is off 92, a bit off the top. He is progressive and I hope he is a few pounds better than his rating." Trainer Denis Coakley is praying heavy rain stays away from the Knavesmire ahead of Gabriel's Lad's bid, saying: "He seems in good form. The only thing I would be worried about is if the ground came up soft. "He's a good-moving horse and I don't think that would suit him. The more rain they have, the worse chance he'll have. I'm sure being drawn 12 will be fine. He needs a bit of cover, so it should be OK. It's great to have Kieren (Fallon). He's as good as anyone. Roger Charlton reports Priceless Jewel to be in good form but is hoping her relative lack of experience and the ground will not go against her. She showed she could be a progressive filly when making a successful seasonal debut at Kempton, for which the handicapper raised her a total of 9lb. "She went up initially 6lb and then another 3lb more recently because the form had been franked by the second and the third. Compared to some she's a bit light on experience and I don't really know about the ground if it gets very soft as it is likely to be," he said. "It's an unknown dimension. She's a good-moving filly and it may not suit her, but in every other way she's in good form." Charlton believes his other runner, Tioman Legend, will probably handle the cut in the ground, adding: "He might like the ground better because he's by Kyllachy and they seem to like the ground. He ran very well last time behind Mince at Newmarket. It looks an open race as you'd expect."

Campaign To Get Britain Racing

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Rain, Rain Go Away!

Leicester OFF, Hexham ON! "Webbed feet" horses required however! Don`t forget your brolly!

Two For Friday. G` Luck!

Starscope aims to give the form of the 1000 Guineas another boost in the Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury on Friday. Stablemate The Fugue finished two places behind John Gosden's Guineas runner-up at Newmarket and subsequently waltzed away with the Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday. Starscope steps up to 10 furlongs for this Listed heat, but Chris Richardson, managing director of owners Cheveley Park Stud, feels that should be well within her compass. Richardson said: "Obviously the Guineas form was franked at York but the Guineas form is usually rock-solid anyway. It was a very pleasing run by our horse in the Guineas but our filly is a different type to The Fugue. We were very pleased with the Guineas, but we want to see if she'll stay further and then we can establish a way forward for the rest of the season. "Her jockey (Jimmy Fortune) got off her last time and said she'd have no trouble staying further - in the Nell Gwyn and the Guineas she's been doing her best work at the finish. She's a lightly-raced filly but we need to get her to concentrate in her races - she wears a hood - and we need the penny to drop. She's in the Coronation so we'll see if we'll be going back to a mile or staying at this sort of trip (10 furlongs)."

Also, Ed Dunlop is hoping Burwaaz will enjoy a welcome change of luck in the Bathwick Tyres Carnarvon Stakes at Newbury on Friday. The son of Exceed And Excel only has one success to his credit in a Leicester maiden last May, but he has run several good races in defeat. He was also tried highly as a juvenile, being placed in the Gimcrack Stakes and Flying Childers and he ended the campaign in the Group One Middle Park Stakes. His misfortune continued on his first start of 2012 when the bit slipped through his mouth at Kempton, but he still managed to take third place behind Gusto.

"I really hope he wins. The bit went through his mouth when he came round the bend and was unrideable so he did fantastically well even to finish third," said Dunlop. "I knew there were other unlucky stories in the race but I do hope this is his day to make him a stakes winner."

Fury Wins...but only just!

Fury (3-1) just denied last season's Cambridgeshire hero Prince Of Johanne in a tremendous finish to the Betfred Hambleton Stakes at York. The two greys had the finish of this mile handicap to themselves and the result was in doubt right to the line with the William Haggas-trained Fury just obliging in the hands of Ryan Moore. There was only a nose between them at the line, with the 2-1 favourite Mijhaar two and a half lengths away in third place. Haggas said: "I'm really, really pleased. He went off the boil last year but he's a much stronger horse now and he's really fought when he needed to today. He's been running consistently well in really big handicaps so to win here is richly deserved. "The fact that this was a Listed race makes it even better and it's good news for the family. I don't want to run him in the Hunt Cup so I think we'll go for a Group race somewhere. "He could go for something at Chantilly the Sunday before Royal Ascot."

Bonfire On Fire!

Andrew Balding's Bonfire emerged as the most serious threat to Investec Derby favourite Camelot with an impressive comeback performance in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York. The son of Manduro could hardly have promised more in his two starts as a juvenile, looking a class-act on his racecourse debut at Salisbury before finishing a luckless third in the Group One Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. His seasonal return had been shifted to Britain's most high-profile Epsom trial from last week's Dee Stakes at Chester due to the rain-softened ground on the Roodee and it proved a wise decision. The colt showed slight signs of waywardness before the off, but he was as good as gold once the gates opened and travelled supremely well in the hands of Jimmy Fortune. Bonfire quickened past the well supported Ballydoyle-based favourite Ernest Hemingway in taking style and it was recent Newbury winner Ektihaam who moved stylishly out of the pack to throw down a challenge. The two of them fought out a crowd-pleasing finish heading inside the final furlong, but Bonfire was on top close home, officially scoring by three-quarters of a length.

Two To Follow Today

Fencing drops in class but steps up in distance in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York today. John Gosden's colt brings Classic form to the table, having finished six lengths behind Camelot when sixth in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Gosden said: "He's in good form. He had a nasty incident with a shoe-clip, which meant he had to miss the Craven. He then ran in the Guineas and he should come on for that. I think he'll stay a mile and a quarter, he's certainly bred for it." The trainer went on: "It looks a good Dante, but he's in nice enough form, so we'll see."

Roger Charlton admits that a 3lb penalty makes life difficult for Sea Of Heartbreak, who returns to action in the Betfred Middleton Stakes at York today The five-year-old is burdened with the extra impost for a Group Two success at Longchamp during Arc weekend. Charlton said: "She looks fantastically well. She's got a penalty for winning a Group Two in France and has to give weight to some good fillies. It's a very hot race, but it's good starting point and she's in good form." Sajjhaa (my selection) was runner-up to Midday in this race 12 months ago before going on to register a course and distance victory in July. Her liking for the Knavesmire circuit gives trainer Saeed bin Suroor reason to be optimistic about her chances. "Sajjhaa looks like she is coming back into form - she looks well and has been working nicely. She is ready to run and she loves racing at York. I am hopeful of another good effort," he told www.godolphin.com .

York Advice

Two to follow today: York 4.10 CUMBRIAN CRAIC made a big impression when scoring by six lengths on his debut last month at Doncaster. Tim Easterby's charge handled the soft ground well and finished his race off strongly. He should take plenty of beating in same conditions today. 3/1 available, take it (Win Bet)4.45 TARTIFLETTE has improved markedly with every outing so far, only missing out by a head to subsequent French Guineas fifth Gregorian when second on her seasonal debut at Newbury last month. 7/1 Best Price, take it (Each Way Bet)Double them up to MAXIMISE profit. G` Luck!

News On Spencer After Fall

Jockey Jamie Spencer shrugged off a bad fall on the eve of York's Dante meeting by claiming a winner at Beverley. The 2005 champion jockey must have feared for his participation at the big three-day fixture on the Knavesmire once he was unseated from Panama Cat in the opening five-furlong maiden. Spencer fleetingly remained motionless on the turf, but he was later declared fit enough to take his three remaining mounts, of which Bridgehampton was a game winner of the Beverley Middle Distance Series Handicap. The Michael Bell-trained three-year-old was never too far off a stop-start pace initiated by Henry George and galloped earnestly clear two furlongs out. Cheviot Quest briefly threatened, but succumbed by four lengths to the 3-1 favourite, who was stepping up to a mile and a half for the first time in his short career. Spencer said: "I'm a bit sore, but I'm OK (for York). It was a bad race, but his dam is a half-sister to Fame And Glory and he was always going to improve for the step up in trip."