Silver Charm was foaled in Florida and purchased by trainer Bob Baffert for $85,000 on behalf of Bob Lewis, a beer distributor from California.
The 5-foot 2-inch (1.58-metre) Espinoza appeared in his first Kentucky Derby in 2001, when he was retained by trainer Bob Baffert to ride Congaree.
A former head girl at the racing stables run by trainer Rob Ward in Moss, near Doncaster, Collins isn't letting it go to her head, though.
Dawn Approach lived up to the high reputation in which he is held by trainer Jim Bolger as he took the Coventry Stakes.
Nayef, last year's winner, is reported in top form by trainer Marcus Tregoning following a rare below-par effort in the King George at Ascot.
Sir Rembrandt, a well-beaten sixth in the same race, was yesterday ruled out of the Gold Cup by trainer Robert Alner, who believes the eight-year-old's tendency to jump to his right is down to a muscle problem.
Top-class three-year-olds are hard to beat in the Arc and, given a mid-season break by trainer Alain De Royer-Dupré, this Aga Khan-bred filly should do well under jockey Christophe Soumillon.
Long thought of as a National horse by trainer Evan Williams, the 2006 Hennessy Gold Cup winner is the right age (nine years old) and a nice racing weight.
Though his participation at the weekend has yet to be confirmed by trainer Sir Michael Stoute, his post-Derby work has been impressive and he is now as short as 5-4 faheadite ahead of Treasure Beach and Seville, who has taken over Recital's place on the list.
Cheltenham's press conference on Wednesday was designed to ratchet up interest in the Festival in a fortnight's time but the biggest news, from a punting perspective, concerned the Grand National, as Quinz was confirmed an intended runner by trainer Philip Hobbs.
It rather ruined a good story, because Sangster revealed that he had been called on the phone by trainer Tony McEvoy at 3am on Sunday to say that his filly Laroche had won the Australian Oaks, and it would have been a unique trans-global double if Ocean Silk had followed up at Epsom.
