The ground at the Curragh is good, good to yielding in places. A mainly dry day is expected.

Fresh ground is in use on both tracks.

The eight-race card gets under way at 2pm. Dermot Weld's Shamida who is gunning for a hat-trick, heads the market for the Group 3 Comer Group International Irish St Leger Trial Stakes at 4.35pm.

Tramore hosts eight National Hunt races from 1.45pm and the going is now soft, yielding in places after a dry day with strong winds. The weather is currently warm and breezy with strong gusts.

Fresh ground is in use on the hurdle and chase tracks. Rotten Row runs under the 7lb penalty in the McCarthys Irish Bar Lexington Handicap Steeplechase over an extended 2m5f (at 2.15pm) after winning over a shorter trip at Tramore on Thursday.