Brian Boru is still set to captain Aidan O’Brien’s Vodafone Derby squad as the Ballydoyle team go all out to capture the blue riband of racing for a history-making third consecutive year.

Jamie Spencer is expecting a big run from Songlark in the Sagitta 2000 Guineas tomorrow.

Dermot Weld got one over on Aidan O’Brien at the Curragh today as Tiger Royal showed the benefits of the Irish air by landing his first Pattern race win.