With the ECC Puppy Derby finalists still to be determined, local runners account for half of Wednesday’s supporting SKY card from Towcester.

With the Eclipse at Nottingham in opposition, and more runners lost to the previous night’s British Bred Derby, it is a decent, if unexceptional undercard.

However, there is plenty of variety to include hurdle and veterans races, while the feature event – semis on Saturday – should still make for a very worthy finale.