Saturday night’s inaugural Night Of Stars at Shelbourne Park had its spills but, one unfortunate incident aside, it was overwhelmingly successful, and the Gain Feeds Open 600 which tailed the card, provided a fittingly spectacular finish to proceedings.

On all known evidence Sparta Maestro will be crowned the Billy Mulvaney Jnr and Snr Memorial 600 champion this evening.

Two days to the final of the Ladbrokes Irish Derby final and a total absence of any negative stories concerning the finalists.