Derby favourite Coolcastle withdrawn

POWERSTOWN Park punters, already reeling from a host of shock results in the classics, will this morning be greeted with the disappointing news that favourite Coolcastle Point (Trajectory-Wake Up Time), is a shock withdrawal from the Derby.

After a string of outstanding performances, the Castleisland qualifier was an odds-on chance for outright victory, but tragedy struck in his third round triumph.

After striding to a facile win over Judicial Order, he picked up a serious injury towards the end of his course. Ace trainer Pa Fitzgerald took the dog to a vet last night and x-rays revealed the raging classic favourite had broken a metatarsal bone in his back leg.