Stars So Bright gets the chance to build on the abundant promise of her successful Dundalk debut when she steps up in class for tomorrow’s Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown.

The Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and the French equivalent are under consideration for Balansiya following her fine effort in defeat in Sunday’s Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial.

Ger Lyons will wait until later in the week before deciding whether to let exciting colt Obliterator make his seasonal return in Sunday’s Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial.

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen got the Irish Flat turf season off to the perfect start by taking out the two feature events on the opening afternoon of the campaign at the Curragh.

Battle Of Marengo made it five wins in a row but was only workmanlike in claiming victory in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown.

Battle Of Marengo proved a convincing winner of the Group 3 PW McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes, the highlight of a treble for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien in testing ground at Leopardstown yesterday.

Battle Of Marengo laid down an early marker for the Investec Derby with a determined triumph in the P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

La Collina is set to try her luck in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 27 following her creditable effort in the Newmarket equivalent.

Light Heavy will go the Curragh route according to trainer Jim Bolger, following his emphatic success in the Group 3 P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

John Oxx has his fingers crossed Emiyna has made sufficient improvement to take a hand at the business end of the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Sunday.

DUNBOYNE Express booked his ticket to the Irish 2,000 Guineas when landing yesterday’s Group 3 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial.

WITH a recent run, in Group 3 company, under her belt, Queen Of Troy will be strongly fancied to get Aidan O’Brien and Johnny Murtagh off the mark for the season by landing the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Race at Dundalk tonight.

AIDAN O’Brien has blamed the testing conditions after a number of his high-profile youngsters failed to fire at Leopardstown on Sunday.

TAKE a chance on Stunning View to kick-start Dermot Weld’s season by landing tomorrow’s Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial.

FAME And Glory is as short as 5-2 favourite for the Investec Derby after a thoroughly professional display in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Fame And Glory enhanced his reputation further still with an authoritative display in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown.

Trainer Dermot Weld dominated the early Irish Classic trials on Sunday as he took all three feature events on an afternoon his rival Aidan O’Brien will choose to forget.

BY any standards a quite extraordinary result!

DERMOT WELD yesterday expressed surprise his Refuse To Bend figures so prominently in the market for the English 2,000 Guineas.