Izzi Top, confidently handled by jockey-in-form William Buick, brushed aside the challenge of favourite Sapphire to give trainer John Gosden a third win in the Group 1 Barclays Bank Ireland Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Paul Deegan’s prolific mare Midnight Soprano tests the water at Pattern level for the first time in the At The Races Curragh Cup on Sunday.

Winner of his maiden in heavy ground over course and distance three weeks ago, the John Oxx-trained Hartani followed-up when producing a gutsy front-running display in the opening Follow TipperaryRaces On Twitter Race at Tipperary last night, sparking a double for champion jockey Johnny Murtagh.

Take a chance on Possible to defy top-weight in the five-furlong Follow Tipperary On Facebook Handicap in Tipperary this evening.

Earls Quarter and Patrick Mullins should prove tough to beat in the Owenavarragh (Amateur) Race at Wexford today.

Jim Bolger’s Livia Galilei can land the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Cork tonight.

Those who helped thump John Oxx’s Hartani from a morning price as high as 100-30 to 6-4 had more than their fair share of anxious moments before going to collect in the TipperaryRaces.ie Maiden at Tipperary last night.

CHICAGO, almost certainly a fair way down the pecking order at Ballydoyle, looks good enough to land the nap in the Events At Tipperary Racecourse Maiden at Tipperary tonight.