Racing: Pat Smullen has his first ride for James Given on Folga as he bids for back-to-back victories in the Ballyogan Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.
The former Irish champion jockey took the Group Three over six furlong event on Yomalo for another British trainer Rae Guest 12 months ago.
"It's his first time for me and he's certainly a good jockey. His agent phoned at the last forfeit stage and it seemed like a good idea," said the English trainer.
Given is hoping the ground continues to dry out for his five-year-old mare, who was last of 11 on soft going at Nottingham on her latest start but chased home the impressive Enticing at Bath before that.
"She's very well indeed. It rained beforehand at Nottingham. With 48-hour declarations we declared her on fast ground and when we got there it was soft," said Given.
"She is owned by quite a large syndicate and we only tried her once on soft ground last year when she didn't run well.
"We thought we'd just ask the question one more time to see if she could handle it, but she didn't go on it. Fast ground is what she wants.
"The ground description was not encouraging but she arrived there last night and my head lad who is with her said it was a bright sunny day and they were expecting it to dry up. They were only making a print anyway."
Irish trainer Edward Lynam hopes his three-year-old Divert can overcome what he described as a "terrible" draw in stall nine of the nine runners.
"That's terrible, nine of nine is shocking. There's two bends. You run about 100 yards then you hit the first one. It's a shocking draw but there's nothing we can do about it," said the County Meath-based handler.
Divert is making a quick reappearance after losing her maiden tag at Down Royal on Friday.
"She's come out of Down Royal fine. We're taking a bit of a punt, we look up against it but we'll do our best. She's in good form, we'll give it a go," he added.
The probable favourite is the Aidan O'Brien-trained Theann, who was third to Benbaun at the Curragh last time after being unplaced in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.