ZOFFANY shot to the head of the betting for next year’s 2000 Guineas by taking the notable scalp of Strong Suit in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

HE mightn’t be totally straightforward, but Dynasty does appear to have found his level in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

FIREY Red gave Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen a timely pre-Galway boost when landing the Weatherbys Ireland GSB Ltd Supporting I.T.B.A. Race at Naas last night.

SHREYAS pipped the fast-finishing Fiery Lad in the listed Nijinsky Stakes at Leopardstown last night.

Curtain Call returned to winning ways with a clear-cut victory in the High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh today.

Vocalised followed up his Greenham Stakes success with further Group Three victory at the Curragh today.

Johnny Murtagh can do no wrong at present and fresh from picking up the top jockey award at Glorious Goodwood last week he was in treble form at Naas on Monday.

Meath 1-25 Carlow 0-8

Trainer Dermot Weld dominated the early Irish Classic trials on Sunday as he took all three feature events on an afternoon his rival Aidan O’Brien will choose to forget.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is responsible for six of the 13 confirmations for the Independent Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes as he seeks a ninth success in the Curragh feature on Sunday.

THE Dermot Weld-trained Loyal Focus foiled a big gamble on Essex in the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.

RUBY WALSH’S decision to go to Limerick last night for just one ride paid dividends when he guided Imperial Rose to victory in the Holmes O’Malley Sexton Hurdle.

EL CERRO, very much on the upgrade, is the nap choice to land the Coors Lite Handicap at Limerick this evening.

SHANE DONOHOE heaped praise on fellow trainer, Charlie Swan, after his Mill House Girl had slammed odds-on Telemachus in the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurance Ltd. Novice Hurdle at Tipperary last night.

FROM the Irish Derby at the Curragh to the moderate Londis Kinsella's Of Killeens Maiden at Wexford is the path which Monsieur Henri will travel this evening.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife ten years ago was told that the dead woman was found with a tie tied tightly around her neck, the Central Criminal Court heard.

Brave Carlow's Leinster SFC run came to an end at O'Moore Park today as Laois set up a repeat of last year's final against Dublin with a 1-17 to 1-09 defeat of their neighbours.

Carlow 4-09 Wicklow 0-12

O'Hanrahan's forward Ray Walker has broken a bone in his foot, adding further to Carlow manager Liam Hayes' current injury crisis.

KERRY open their Allianz NFL campaign against Mayo at Austin Stacks Park, Tralee tomorrow night with a new goalkeeper.

DUBAWI produced a breathtaking performance to run away with the Dunnes Stores National Stakes at the Curragh yesterday and evoke memories of his sire, the brilliant but ill-fated Dubai Millennium.

TWENTY-ONE days it’s taken Carlow football to catapult from a trough of depression onto the crest of a wave.

Carlow 4-15 Longford 1-16

Carlow 0-07 Longford 0-07

FUNDING for university buildings to train extra workers for the health sector will no longer be a priority as third-level institutions continue to be hit by cutbacks.

Down Royal stages an all flat card today with seven races down for decision with the Summer Handicap over 12 furlongs being the most valuable event on the programme.

Tipperary 1-14 Carlow 0-13

ALL-IRELAND football champions Armagh are taking no chances with Waterford in their qualifier by naming a near full-strength side for the long trip to Walsh Park on Sunday.