Last time out, when making her debut on this surface and being stepped up to six furlongs for the first time, she was keen through her race and thus had little left in the finish

Leopardstown’s highlight is the Group 3 Eyrefield Stakes, which has attracted a very strong field resulting in a wide-open contest

The early races are replete with newcomers which are likely types and the standard of those with form does not set the bar too high

The conditions of today’s race mean Hermes Hill is giving weight to all of his rivals but with natural improvement from his debut, he should prove up to the task

In one way, Sayce Gold is being pitched in quite deep as this is a winners’ race, but it looks a good bit of placing by connections

As is customary, Gordon Elliott has strong chances throughout the card and should start off with a winner, Hollow Games, in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle.

With King George winner Frodon bringing in some competition from across the Irish Sea, this is a race to savour at Down Royal, but it remains difficult to look beyond Gold Cup champ Minella Indo

If he takes to this surface, Arcanears should have little trouble accounting for his rivals

Henry de Bromhead’s five-year-old was well beaten on his chasing debut

Joseph O’Brien’s colt finished second in barrier trial here prior to making his debut in a Tipperary maiden over nine furlongs.

Therese O’Callaghan looks ahead to a busy weekend of GAA as the Cork championships hot up across the grades

Some really good racing today at Naas and tomorrow at Navan, and Uhtred can get punters off to the best start by taking today’s opener, the BetVictor Maiden Hurdle

There is little or nothing to separate the quartet at Clonmel and so it is Fakir D’oudairies who is taken to land the spoils for Joseph O’Brien and Mark Walsh

The highlight of this afternoon’s meeting at Punchestown is the chasing debut of Grade 1 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle winner Bob Olinger in the opener, the BetVictor Loyalty Club Beginners’ Chase.

If his Clonmel run hasn’t left its mark, Lake Chad can start to make up for lost time at Limerick

Henry de Bromhead’s runner didn’t have the best of luck in running on her first start

The INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle, the third race on this afternoon’s card in Thurles, has attracted just five runners, but it’s a cracking contest.

The selection ought to still be improving and will prove hard to beat if he takes to the all-weather surface

The opening race on this afternoon’s card in Thurles, the BetVictor Beginners’ Chase, is the most interesting race on the programme

Luke Comer’s colt made the breakthrough on his all-weather debut earlier this month