John Gosden’s unbeaten Coolmore-owned colt Christophermarlowe is among 14 entries for Saturday’s Betfred.com Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield.

Lochbo Benny collected his second Cup of the season at the Cork meeting at Blarney yesterday with an impressive eight lengths success over Camarillo Blonde, who was having her first outing of the year.

Aside from a keen and active interest in coursing, John O’Sullivan runs the very successful Dublin Coach company, and the Clare-native, now resident in Kildare, is eager to merge the two, with an eye to promoting next month’s National Coursing Meeting at Clonmel.

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy enjoyed fine success on the coursing fields on Sunday when his Jacksons Lane, trained by Michael O’Donovan in Tipperary town, won the Derby Trial Stake at Abbeyfeale.

After two rounds of the Derby Trial Stake at Blarney, Siena Supreme and Pocketrocketben look the likely finalists.

Droopys Delfino can earn a place in the upcoming Irish Derby by winning the featured Ladbrokes.com Derby Trial Stake.

Donald McCain believes Lexi’s Boy has plenty going for him as the improving four-year-old steps up in class for the bet365 Old Newton Cup at Haydock today.

With the Champion Stakes and Derby just around the corner, there are no major competitions currently underway and as a result it’s one of the more low-key Saturday night’s at Shelbourne.

The Derby and Oaks Trials at Lingfield this afternoon will be run on the all weather track and that appears to have been quite well received.

MUCKY EAMONN, jointly owned and nominated by Don and Gerard Buckley from Macroom, Co Cork and trained by James Kelleher, was a worthy winner of the Agnes O’Brien Cork Cup at Blarney yesterday when easily beating the Gerry Griffin trained long-odds favourite, Sound Pistol, by eight lengths in the final.

O’DONOVAN JOHN, owned by Richard Keane, Goolds Cross, Co. Tipperary, and trained by David Flannigan, who could be backed at 10-1 before the stake commenced, proved a surprise winner of thefeatured Fitzgerald Cup, the All-Aged event, at the second stage of the Glanworth Coursing meeting.

AFTER the opening two round of the Derby Trial Stake at the Glanworth, Co. Cork, it looks like a battle between Kyle Glen and Kierans Sam for the ticket to Clonmel.

HIGH and Mighty, who last season won three All Aged Cups (Listowel, Rathkeale and Ballymena) in his second season, ran away with the Listowel All Age Cup in Rushy Meadows yesterday.

THERE were a few surprises in the finals at the Regional meeting yesterday, with the long odds favourite in the featured James Curran Memorial Cup - Breska Rovers - having to give best to Windfarm Eiscir ( 5-1 yesterday morning) and Perfume upsetting the odds on Banbas Minnie in the Oaks decider, having four lengths to spare at the escape.

THERE will be loads of Derby chat in the air this evening at Shelbourne where the pre-racing trial session will see many top names going through their paces from the new 525 and 550 yards traps.

Slumber, ante-post favourite for the John Smith’s Cup next weekend, is also among 17 confirmations for the Princess of Wales’s sportingbet.com Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday.

ANTE-POST favourite Carlton House came through his final serious piece of work ahead of the Investec Derby with flying colours.

THERE was a thrilling finish to the North Cork Cup at Millstreet, Co. Cork yesterday when Party Jay Cee came racing through to narrowly take the opening turn against Millbridge Eoin and capture the prize.

AFTER two rounds of the Derby Trial Stake at Blarney, Partners Bexhill and Beyond The Blaze, who both came in as reserves, look destined to contest the final.

THE absence of St Nicholas Abbey takes some of the intrigue from today’s Investec Epsom Derby but, for all that the Ballydoyle team will miss the horse they believed ‘could walk on water’, the stable dominated the major trials and appears to hold all the aces today.

Expensive Problem is proving to be the complete opposite to Jack Smith as he continued his invaluable contribution to the Epsom trainer's small stable by landing division one of the totetrifecta Handicap at Lingfield today.

THE Owen McKenna trained Catunda Ashmore returned to the scene of his trial stake success of two years ago to capture the Galbally Stakes yesterday, when coursing had to be put back an hour and a quarter to 12.45 because of a heavy overnight frost.

WALLACE Chief, winner of the Slievenamon Cup at the Crohane and Killenaule meeting, won a thrilling final to the Hotel Minella Tipperary Cup when defeating Ballyheigue cup winner Party Cee Jay at Clonmel yesterday.

THERE is a bemused expression on Neil Callan’s face as he walks through the gates at Lingfield to be faced by a horde of photographers, journalists and even a couple of camera crews.

Johnny Murtagh went a long way to confounding those critics today by guiding Age Of Aquarius to the gamest of triumphs in the totesport.com Derby Trial at Lingfield.

MASTER trainer Henry Cecil attempts this Saturday to win the totesport.com Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield today for the first time since the glory days of the mid-80s.

CATUNDA Ashmore, who won his trial stake at Galbally last season and was beaten in the semi-final of the Boylesports Derby by Sandy Sea, returned to the Limerick venue yesterday and looks poised to take the Galbally Stakes, judged on his showing in the opening round yesterday.

AFTER the opening round of both sixty four runner Derby and Oaks Trial Stakes on the opening day of Knockgraffon yesterday, it was very much a case of all to play.

Aidan O’Brien produced another possible Classic candidate as Alessandro Volta took advantage of Curtain Call’s absence in the totesport.com Derby Trial at Lingfield.

One-time Derby hope City Leader remains on the easy list with no fixed date for his reappearance.

In a season dominated by new champions like Katchit, Master Minded and Denman, the final major race of the National Hunt campaign went the way of an old timer.

Ex-British runner Helene Mascot bids to become only the second horse to complete the Hong Kong Derby and Queen Elizabeth II Cup double at Sha Tin on Sunday.

CLOSE finishes were the order of the day at Dungarvan yesterday.

CHASING Glory, jointly owned by Seamus Maher from Claremorris, Co. Mayo and Michael O’Donovan from Kilkee, Co. Clare, who won his trial stake here last season, but was surprisingly beaten by 50-1 outsider Be Over Quick in the first round of the Boylesports Derby, returned to Newcastlewest yesterday to take the Munster Cup.

Terry Mills expects Kid Mambo to make his presence felt in the totesport Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday.

THERE was a major upset in the final of the all-aged Ballyarthur Stakes at Fermoy and Grange yesterday when the Bill Toomey trained Carraignagour took the prize.

GALLANT PARNELL, purchased by current owners the C.C &M Syndicate from Listowel from John Flynn of Tarbert after he had been beaten two and a half lengths by Jerrys Beam in the final of the Derby Trial Stake at Charleville last season, started his campaign on a bright note when taking the Desmond Cup at Glin yesterday.

Championship Point made it three wins from four starts with an impressive display in the Letheby & Christopher Predominate Stakes at Goodwood.

FAVOURITES fell like nine pins on the opening day of the Cork Coursing Club’s fixture at Blarney yesterday.

MARWOOD TYPE, owned by the Enniscorthy partnership of Davey Morris and Pee Tobin, proved an impressive winner of the Rex Colgan Memorial Cup for bitches at Castletowngeoghegan yesterday.

KARAKATTA HILL won the Premier Cup at Templetuohy yesterday, flooring by two lengths the odds laid on the Kevin Barry trained Musical Hill.

UNLUCKY in the Derby Trial Stake finals at Loughrea and Clonmel and Kilsheelan, it was the last chance saloon at North Kilkenny yesterday for the Glounthaune, Co. Cork owned Beyond Flashy.

TIMOTHYS STANCE, a January puppy owned by Timothy Carr & Martin Scanlon of Listowel and trained in Macroom by Liam O' Callaghan took the featured Derby Trial Stake at Bandon & Careys Cross yesterday.