TONY MCCOY emerged as the leading rider at the three-day Festival meeting at Fairyhouse, having registered his fourth win of the week on board the Tom Taaffe-trained Glenfinn Captain in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Novice Hurdle yesterday.

DOLMUR earned a crack at the Entenmanns Irish 2000 Guineas later this month, if ground conditions are suitable, when landing the Glanbia Classic Trial for local trainer Tony Mullins at Gowran Park yesterday.

Refuse To Bend, a leading fancy for the Sagitta 2,000 Guineas, could bypass Newmarket and head instead for the Vodafone Derby, trainer Dermot Weld has said.