NORTHERN ALLIANCE is fancied to give Tony Martin a first ever success in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel this afternoon.

Sixteen-year-old Ronan Whelan enjoyed his second success when producing an accomplished display aboard Puncher Clynch in the featured Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Premier Nursery at Listowel yesterday.

DERMOT WELD doesn’t pay many visits to Tipperary, but arrived specifically at the course last night to see his Natural High contesting the T.I.R.D Chamber Of Commerce Maiden.

LISTOWEL has been given the green light to begin their seven-day Festival on Sunday.

TROJAN WAR, even if he is a typical Montjeu with a tendency to carry his head high, gets the nap to land the Her Majesty’s Plate at Down Royal this afternoon.

THE Curragh can look forward to a cracking afternoon on Saturday, with Yeats a major draw in the Irish Field St Leger, while the National Stakes has attracted a smashing entry.

DERMOT WELD’S Natural High can land the nap in the T.I.R.D Chamber Of Commerce Maiden at Tipperary this evening.

IT’S virtually certain Sea The Stars will take his chance in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown today.

WELL, what can you say, a Danehill Dancer who doesn’t go on heavy ground!

KEVIN Prendergast’s Saajidah gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Galway tonight.