IRISH RACING/Sunday previews: The Horse Racing Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh has said every effort will be made to resolve the stand off over the Leopardstown fixture on July 6th.

The trainers' association have decided to veto Ireland's first Saturday evening meeting for five years, declaring that the HRI have not taken on board the extra costs for both owners and trainers.

The HRI owns Leopardstown and they announced their decision to move the fixture to the evening of July 6th earlier this month.

Yesterday Kavanagh said that the board of the HRI will meet next Friday to discuss the issue.

"They decided at their last meeting that the fixture would be an evening one and that remains the case. It is an experimental fixture and there have been conflicting views from owners and trainers.

"But every effort will be made to resolve the problem. After all that is why Horse Racing Ireland was set up," he said.

The weekend before the first classics of the season was always going to pale in comparison but the quality of most of tomorrow's racing looks positively anaemic.

The most valuable contest is the €32,000 Wesco Handicap Hurdle at Navan where Charlie Swan saddles Patriot Games to try and win the race for the second year running.

However, Swan will don the silks on Arellano in the race and the arrangment will tip many punters in the direction of the former smart flat racer.

With more showers forecast for the weekend, the conditions are likely to be testing and in those circumstances, Navan is a track that demands stamina.

A light weight in the handicaps will also be desirable and on both counts, Back To Bolgers looks a reasonable bet in the three mile handicap hurdle.

John Codd's horse winning flat form on the heavy and comes here on the back of a decent fourth to the The Culdee at Killarney last Sunday.

Stamina won't be a problem for Speed Board in the handicap chase and the combination of three miles and soft ground could see Francis Flood's stayer pick up a fourth chase victory at decent odds.

Bob Justice ran second to Limestone Lad at Punchestown and will surely be hard to beat with a clear round in the beginners' chase.

Tomorrow's other fixture is at Clonmel, where the Oxx-trained Tempter may be worth a bet in the two-mile handicap. This one took a maiden on the track and is likely to relish the hike in trip from his last race at Leopardstown.