Today's Tips: Toscanini poised to hit right note in Renaissance at the Curragh

Three meetings across the weekend, and plenty of top-class racing to savour. At the Curragh this afternoon, Toscanini gets the nap to take the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes for trainer Mick Halford and jockey Shane Foley.

A very smart juvenile, when his form included a runner-up finish behind Gleneagles in the National Stakes, he is rapidly developing into a leading sprinter, and ran a superb race in defeat behind Mattmu at the Curragh a couple of weeks ago.

He’s a strong traveller, goes on fast ground and, with plenty of pace in the race, should get a lead for as long as he needs. That should give his rider an opportunity to put his nose in front right on the line.