2.00 Flat Is Back At Leopardstown Fillies Maiden (3yo) 1m

Unusually, Aidan O’Brien hasn’t won this particular maiden since 2016, but he could correct that today with both Warm Heart and the beautifully-bred Tender Kiss, a Galileo filly who is out of the Group 1 winning sprinter Marsha. Ryan Moore has opted to ride Warm Heart, who has the benefit of a run behind her, having finished fourth in a Dundalk maiden at the back end of last season. She could be tough to beat but Bold As Love stands a fair chance of doing so off the back of her performance to finish second to Tarawa at this track on her sole start last season. That looked a decent maiden and providing she has progressed as normal through the winter, she ought to go very close.

Toistiun has the benefit of a run on the turf already, having finished in behind Honey Girl and Unless at the Curragh last week and she should put up another good performance again.

SELECTION: BOLD AS LOVE

Next best: Warm Heart

2.35 Ballylinch Stud 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (Group 3) 7f 18y

Hans Anderson will be tough to beat. Aidan O’Brien’s son of Frankel was a smart two-year-old, beating Al Riffa in his Curragh maiden before finishing second to stablemate Aesop’s Fables in the Group 2 Futurity and then fifth to Al Riffa in the Group 1 National. The step to a mile ought to suit him and his form is a cut above that of his rivals.

Bold Discovery is the one to give him most to do. He did well to win his debut at Naas in September and then finished third to Cairo in the Group 3 Killavullan here in October. He has more scope to improve than Hans Anderson but will need to find that improvement to beat him. Carracci, also representing O’Brien, finished fifth in Paddington’s maiden at the Curragh in October before getting off the mark in Dundalk. He has plenty to find also but should run well.

SELECTION: HANS ANDERSON

Next best: Bold Discovery

3.10 Ballylinch Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (Group 3) 7f 18y

Plenty will be keen to latch on to Tarawa, impressive over this course and distance for her maiden win and with her trainer having taken this race last season with Homeless Songs. That said, it’s a deep field, and there are any number of potential improvers. Impact Warrior catches the eye. She did very well when comfortably holding off a solid 90-rated performer in Goa Gajah for her maiden win at Roscommon. A Saxon Warrior filly, she has been given plenty of time to develop and she doesn’t need to find much to get involved. Madly Truly is another one who makes plenty of appeal on her first start at three. The daughter of Cracksman showed a good attitiude to get off the mark at the second time of asking at Naas last term and appeals as one to prosper with another winter behind her.

Of those with a bit more experience, Zarinsk stands out. She won the Ingabelle Stakes in fine style over this course and distance on Irish Champions Weekend.

SELECTION: IMPACT WARRIOR

Next best: Zarinsk

3.45 P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes (Group 3) 1m 2f

Alexandroupolis looked a very smart prospect when winning at Galway on his sole start last season and can start his classic campaign with a win. The son of Camelot was behind a wall of horses coming into the straight at Ballybrit, but once Wayne Lordan got a gap, he shot through to win impressively, with the form of the race taking a significnat boost thanks to the subsequent exploits of runner-up Espionage.

Alder was third to Auguste Rodin in the Champions Juvenile Stakes at this course on Irish Champions Weekend so he is respected now, however the main threat to Aidan O’Brien’s colt is likley to come from within Ballydoyle through both Denmark and Mohawk Chief.

Denmark won his maiden in good style at Naas in October before finding one too good in a valuable contest at ParisLongchamp. Mohawk Chief broke his maiden at the second time of asking when seeing out a seven-furlong trip strongly at this track in November.

SELECTION: ALEXANDROUPOLIS

Next best: Denmark

4.20 Porsche In Support Of Breast Cancer Ireland Handicap 1m 2f

Starry Eyed just about makes most appeal off a mark of 82. He ran well for all three of his starts last season and the pick of them came at this track when he finished a close fourth to the useful Sounds Of Heaven.

This step up in trip should suit him well and he showed he can handle soft ground when third to Drumcliff on his latest start.

The surface is a little bit of a worry for Valiant King, a Roaring Lion colt, but there was plenty to like about his two starts - a third to Alder in Killarney and fourth to Hiawatha at the Curragh. He makes plenty of appeal with this step up in trip likely to bring out more in him. Who Not What is also noted, having run respectably on all three of his starts last season, the latest of which was a fourth to Al Riffa in a strong Curragh maiden in August.

SELECTION: STARRY EYED

Next best: Valiant King

4.55 Breast Cancer Ireland Handicap 1m

Fools Glory looks worth chancing. Pat McEnery’s filly won twice last season and she is still relatively unexposed with just nine starts, so a mark of 71 looks very workable. More significantly, soft ground is key to her.

When she has raced on ground that had the word soft in the description her form reads ‘1013’.

A similar case can be made for Karlsberg, who can run here off a mark which is just 1lb higher than her last win. She has a good record on soft ground, has only 12 starts to her name and ran well on her seasonal debut last term so should hold no fitness worries.

The Ado McGuinness-trained pair of Comfort Line and Sirjack Thomas are also noted after running very respectably in the Irish Lincoln last week. This contest is likely to demand less.

SELECTION: FOOLS GLORY

Next best: Karlsberg

5.30 Sunday 7th May Family Day Handicap 1m

Purple Gown will be difficult to beat here after her fine seasonal debut effort at the Curragh. Jim Bolger’s filly probably put up a career best when coming from the rear of a 19-runner field to finish second to Razdan. She got a 5lb raise for that effort but that look warranted and this probably isn’t as strong a heat.

Leabaland might give her most to do. Martin Lynch’s gelding only just failed to win on his latest start at Dundalk, where he has been active over the winter. He looks equally effective on turf, having won at Gowran Park off a 4lb lower assessment last May so he may be able to give a good account.

SELECTION: PURPLE GOWN

Next best: Leabaland