The Michael Halford-trained Warbird, second to Aidan O’Brien’s Illinois at Tipperary last time, opened his account when producing a gutsy display to foil another Ballydoyle colt Craftsman in the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction 2-Y-0 Maiden in Gowran Park yesterday.

QUEVEGA is likely to bid for back-to-back victories in the ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown on May 5.

FRANKIE DETTORI believes Rewilding has the right credentials to be a major player in today’s Derby. The popular Italian jockey broke his Derby duck on Authorized in 2007 and admits he would dearly love to win the premier Classic in the Godolphin blue for his boss Sheikh Mohammed.

Frankie Dettori believes Rewilding has the right credentials to be a major player in Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.