Baltovin Leo can complete a five-timer in the final of the Vulturi @ Stud Kingdom Derby Final over 525 yards at Tralee tonight.
Tom Regan’s runner has steadily improved throughout the event and last week set the standard in the semi-finals when making most to beat Swords Fern by two lengths in 28.82sec (-20).
The son of College Causeway is the only wide runner in the race and can steer clear of trouble
Droopys Nine, the Future Champion Stakes winner looks the main danger.
Pat Buckley’s runner, also an absent finalist in the UK Puppy Derby Final, has won two of his three qualifying races and last week led early to beat Scissors by four lengths in 28.91sec.
However those performances were from a fence-side draw and he now has to race from the middle berth.
Owen McKenna’s Swords Fern, a litter brother of Comerford Cakes winner Black Alder, races from the inside and cannot be written off, while Graham Holland’s Highview Event, who has a 28.56sec on his card at Shelbourne Park, has to enter calculations.
