Ken Condon could not be happier with Success Days ahead of the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Qipco 2000 Guineas favourite Gleneagles will strut his stuff at the Curragh on Sunday after Aidan O’Brien confirmed the exciting colt will be part of the Ballydoyle contingent working after racing.

John Oxx accepts Investec Derby favourite Australia is “tailor-made” to handle the demands of Epsom on June 7.

Trainer Ger Lyons plans to walk the track at Leopardstown before committing Obliterator to a run in Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial tomorrow.

Dermot Weld’s Fascinating Rock aims to build on the good impression he has made already this season in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday.

John Murphy believes Davids Park has enough raw ability to fight his corner in the PW McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Navan on Saturday.

Jockey Joseph O’Brien is hoping the rain stays away from Leopardstown to allow Battle Of Marengo to show his full potential in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial tomorrow.

Battle Of Marengo proved a convincing winner of the Group 3 PW McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes, the highlight of a treble for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien in testing ground at Leopardstown yesterday.

Battle Of Marengo laid down an early marker for the Investec Derby with a determined triumph in the P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

Battle Of Marengo is the star name among six Aidan O’Brien-trained entries for the PW McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

The David O’Brien-trained Ballinahow Lady (pictured) cropped up at 10-1 in the featured eight- runner Miceal Fitzgibbon Memorial EBF Mares’ Novice Chase at Thurles yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten Camelot appears among 11 confirmations for Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh.

John Oxx is hopeful of a good run from Call To Battle in today’s MBNA Chester Vase after finishing a fine second in the Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown last month.

Aidan O’Brien’s David Livingston, who lowered the colours of the highly-touted Akeed Mofeed in the Beresford Stakes, is one of 12 entries in Sunday’s P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

Ryan Moore is a significant jockey booking as Aidan O’Brien’s leading Derby hope Recital makes his seasonal return in the P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

RYAN MOORE will ride Recital for Ballydoyle in Sunday’s Group 3 P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

JIM Bolger has two shots at interrupting Aidan O’Brien’s monopoly on the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby as Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn head for the Curragh tomorrow.

JIM BOLGER could be double-handed with Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn in Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Jim Bolger could be double-handed with Puncher Clynch and Carraiglawn in Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Johnny Murtagh will ride Rip Van Winkle like he his “the best horse in the race” when he lines up for a mouth-watering renewal of the Investec Derby at Epsom tomorrow.

Johnny Murtagh has spoken of his "soft spot" for Rip Van Winkle as the Investec Derby gamble on the Stanjames.com 2000 Guineas fourth gathers pace.

FAME And Glory can give a major boost to his Epsom Derby prospects by landing the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown tomorrow.

AIDAN O’Brien provides six of the 12 entries for Sunday’s usually-informative Derrinstown Derby Trial at Leopardstown.

THAT was some over-reaction by the bookmakers to Fame And Glory’s success in the Group 3 Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Dewhurst winner Intense Focus was turned over on his first start of the season in the Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial.

A RESCUE team had to ski across Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains to reach four men trapped in their 4x4s by heavy snow drifts during a freezing nine-hour ordeal.

A rescue team had to ski across the Wicklow Mountains today to reach four men trapped in their 4x4s by heavy snow drifts during a freezing nine-hour ordeal.

EXPERIENCE gained over the course and distance at the Festival should give Wassily Kandinsky the edge in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Maiden at Galway today.

AQALEEM can follow in the footsteps of Sixties Icon last year in getting beaten in the Derby before going onto Gordon Stakes glory at Goodwood today.

It is hard to look beyond Peter Chapple-Hyam’s Tariq in the Betfair Cup, the feature race on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood.

Mores Wells sprung a minor surprise as he accounted for leading Vodafone Derby contender Macarthur in the P.W.McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown.

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.

AIDAN O’BRIEN has been left scrambling to find classic horses, following the decision to retire last year’s star two-year-old, Holy Roman Emperor, to stud.

The 55-year-old man killed in a fire at his home in Co Kildare earlier this week is being laid to rest today.

A third person has been killed in a second fatal house fire in the Curragh in Co Kildare.

King In Waiting, as low as 25-1 with William Hill for the Vodafone Derby, has been ruled out of Sunday’s Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown.

Rhythm’n Roots claimed the Group Three P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes for Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning at Leopardstown.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien reported Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats to be “stiff” after working on Friday.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien has scotched rumours that all is not well with Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats.

JOHN OXX’S Classic hope Alamshar is one of 14 entries left in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday following yesterday’s forfeit stage.

Alamshar, a leading ante-post fancy for the Vodafone Derby, is one of 32 entries for the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

ALAMSHAR, a leading ante-post fancy for the Vodafone Derby, is one of 32 entries for the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Alamshar, a leading ante-post fancy for the Vodafone Derby, is one of 32 entries for the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.