Equine bank idea: Today’s front page has articles by Managing Editor Valentine Lamb and weekly contributor Neville Ring. As next weekend is Guineas weekend at the Curragh, Ring examines the first domestic Classics. Newmarket 2000 winner Nebbiolo is an intended runner, but his trainer, Kevin Prendergast, will want the ground to dry out more. Runner-up at Newmarket, The Minstrel, is entered, but Ring writes that Vincent O’Brien will not make a final decision until later during the week. Ballydoyle also has Marinsky and Artaius in the field.

Ring also writes about a growing, and worrying, trend that he has noticed: an increase in the rate of misprints in the Irish Racing Calendar.