Horse Racing Action

INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE: Ted Koppel examines the U.S. prison system stretched to its limits by overcrowding in “Koppel: Breaking Point,” at 9 p.m. on Discovery.

Kendrick Perkins Hurts so good In the NBA, setting the perfect screen requires commitment and self-sacrifice. Executed at the highest level, the skill demands that the biggest men on the court stand in the path of opposing guards and small forwards, freeing teammates for shots. Without a screen setter like the Celtics’ Kendrick Perkins, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen would …

Jamie Osborne has high hopes for Docofthebay in Saturday’s Cambridgeshire at Newmarket.

Thursday’s impressive Newmarket winner Twice Over has been pencilled in for a return to the track in a month’s time for the Listed Zetland Stakes.

Godolphin’s budding superstar Rio De La Plata is expected to be ridden closer to the pace in Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere following his reverse in Ireland last month.

Brian Meehan pulled off a plan hatched several months ago when the lightly-raced Exclamation proved too strong for Anosti and Copywriter in the £250,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.

Cloone River has his first race over hurdles for 15 months at Tipperary on Sunday.

Supporters of Pipedreamer face a nervous wait to see whether the well-backed ante-post favourite gets the go-ahead to run in Newmarket’s totesport.com Cambridgeshire.

Here we look at how the contenders for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe got on in their trials. In bold capitals are the winners of the trial, while just in bold are those who lost in the trials, but will run at Longchamp on Sunday.

Hats, silverware and, of course, Bart Cummings.