Curragh Derby: Today is Irish Derby day. The front page of today’s paper has just the masthead, then below that is the headline Sweeps Derby issue, and then the rest of the page is occupied by four photographs, each of a leading contender for the big race: Linden Tree, Grenfall, Parnell and Lombardo.

There is analysis of today’s field written by Raymond Gallagher, with one paragraph for each of the 16 runners. He describes Linden Tree, runner-up behind Mill Reef at Epsom, as “the one they all have to beat”. But Grenfall is “the dark horse of this field” and in the final summary, Gallagher selects Grenfall to beat Linden Tree.