Did you know that Sophia Tolstaya, wife of Leo Tolstoy, copied and edited War and Peace seven times before the author felt it was ready to be printed?

Macarthur, second-favourite for the Vodafone Derby with most bookmakers, makes his seasonal reappearance in the Group Three P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien will have the choice of four entries in Sunday’s Group Three PW McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown, which has attracted 14 possible entries.