THE high-class Dylan Thomas makes his seasonal debut in the Ascon Rohcon Alleged Stakes at the Curragh tomorrow and shouldn’t come out of second gear.

WON’T it be great if Holy Roman Emperor and Teofilo go head-to-head in Sunday’s Group One National Stakes at the Curragh?

ONE’S first reaction, on hearing Cashmans were offering Vinnie Roe at 3-1 for Saturdays’ Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh, was that it was a very fair price indeed.