Ground conditions could play a major role in the outcome of tomorrow’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket with good going expected.

IT is the calm before the storm in Ireland this weekend with small fields at Leopardstown tonight and a programme which has little or nothing to recommend it at Wexford tomorrow.

Frankie Dettori blew into Lingfield with a brilliant 486-1 treble, highlighted by a second consecutive success in the Littlewoods Bet Direct Winter Derby.