The dreadful weather conditions yesterday made things difficult for some trainers heading for the English Derby at Wimbledon which starts tomorrow night with 11 Irish runners in action in the first session.

NEWS from across the water yesterday is that one of the biggest entries for many years will go into the draw on Sunday for the first round of the Williamhill.com English Derby and among them there will be one of the biggest ever Irish raiding teams.

Oliver Jarvis gave Great Britain a winning start to the A1GP season with victory in the feature race in Holland.

The new A1 Grand Prix championship has postponed the forthcoming round at Sentul in Indonesia following the death of Dubai’s ruler.