Brian is quickest but Deniro is king for the night

Ballymac Deniro steals the show on night two

Liam Dowling picked up the track record on night one but perhaps night two's win from Ballymac Deniro was even more special. He blew the start badly, moved out wide at the opening bend and then just took off around them. It was a spectacular performance having done so much wrong. His 28.43 trial marked him down as something potentially special and a winning time of 29.08 on a track rated -20 proved it.

Ballymac Iroko landed the final race on the night to make it a double in the nightcaps for Dowling. He was another who was not quick to stride but had worked his way into a challenging position on entering the back straight to pick up the front-running veteran Carrick Fergie who ran his heart out for William Hamilton.

Pick of the times on the night was Graham Holland's Slippery Brian. In fairness to the other heat winners, he did have the best of the conditions in the opening race before the heavens opened, but he produced another slick Towcester success, making it a perfect 3/3 now at the track. 

Holland was quick to double up with Gaytime Clyde who was smartly into stride to see off a strong challenge on either side of him from Soapy Suds and Zenith Jimbombom. Clyde won the Rural Kennels Unraced Stake at Clonmel back in February to announce himself onto the scene, digging in well to hold off a pair of solid rivals. 

There was also a double for the Kevin Hutton team, kicking off with a smart trapping performance from Droopys Berries. He trapped out better from two than is sometimes the case with him which ending up being a blessing with Romeo Arran in one running right off at the bend. Cheap Sandwiches scrambled through in fourth for the next round, and can only improve from here. 

Rebel Alaska also picked up a win for Hutton, showing plenty of courage to get himself though a gap into the opening bend. He is not an electric trapper but he paces up well to the bend, and once he gets his near 39-kilo frame going forward, he is a powerful sort. 

The way that Mark Wallis was talking about Proper Heiress at the Star Sports preview night suggested that he might have left him a little short but that is not a bad thing going into a six-round competition. If he is a little undercooked then he put every other dog on notice with a superb 28.76 display, one of the performances of the night. 

Very smart pace to the bend was shown by Hackney Corner. Pat Buckley's runner had plenty of supporters ante-post and they will have been very happy with what they saw, always holding off Strike It Skye who tried inside and outside but couldn't find a way past the leader. 

Another winner for Ireland was Lennies Tank, scoring for Paul Hennessy. His 28.92 was a solid performance given the conditions and the fact that he did not come away as well as he can. Generally he is a far better breaker as he showed when runner-up in the Easter Cup at Shelbourne. He looks a serious contender. 

Nathan Hunt only has one runner in the Derby this year but in Goldcash Warrior, he has a good one. He showed smart trackcraft to wait for Gaytime Joachim inside him to move off at the quarter mark to accelerate into a gap to take off after leader Turnthemagicon. He grabbed the front runner turning for home to score in 28.97.

One of the messier races of the night saw Paul Young's Ladbrokes Puppy Derby winner Underground Gold get his campaign off to a winning start. The time of 29.40 is irrelevant given the trouble around the opening two bends. What was impressive was that with strong runner Naochra after him, he never looked like getting caught. 

Speaking of strong runners, Dereks Legend added to his trial stake win for Richard Rees. He went around in front and that meant that his rivals never had a chance of running him down. He is going to be a super staying prospect for the future but connections are clearly going to have plenty of fun over four bends with him first. 

Another messy heat on the night went to Tony Dean's Bubbly Hogan. A walking exit from Ballymac Setanta had put the favourite on the back foot and when he had tried to drive up the inside at the opening bend, he came unstuck. The winner rode a bit of early crowding to go off in pursuit of the leader, quickly taking control of things down the back.  

Although the 29.32 from Jason Gray's Kellies Emerald was not one of the quicker times in the opening round, the Nottingham raider did things nicely off the front. He took advantage of his draw on the inside and a slick break to get himself to the front around the opening turn.

Locke, Morrison and Macklin with Central Park doubles

There was a decent win from Maxine Locke's The Other Winx in a staying contest. The dual Cat One finalist made all of the running on her way to a 40.02 triumph. Abigails Cian had got the ball rolling for the kennel to extend his winning streak to four.

It was Coppice Dakota who produced the pick of the 491m times on the day for Luke Morrison, the only winner to dip under 29 seconds. It was a fourth straight success for the red-hot performer. Vegan Warrior made it a double on the card for Morrison with another four-bend win.

Frank Macklin was another trainer to pick up a pair of winners on the night. Bit View Bella and Ballyea Buck both landed four-bend contests from the front, the former getting win number six from her last 11 starts. 

The Dave Lee kennel were on the mark over four bends with Bushpark Cathal, the same distance that saw Coloured Magic for Alison Kelly-Pilgrim and Clongeel Sminky produce identical 29.34 runs. Julie Luckhurst won with Half Jarred to round out the 491m winners. 

A couple of sprints on the card were won by Tracton Starbar for Mick Mavrias, adding to the exceptional star to her career and Dan Brabon's Swift Michael.

Four at Donny for Draper

It was back to 16 opens at Doncaster where Rose Draper picked up 25% of the winners. Audience led the team from the front once more, making it five on the bounce over the 450m distance. Clongeel Goody was a 14/1 surprise when also scoring over 450m while a pair of 483m successes came from Grouches Champ and Thurlesbeg Lexy.

Winners have been flowing at Doncaster for the Sean Parker team, gaining three more last night. Magical Supreme got the night rolling before Romeo Talisker and Charming Delight won back-to-back contests. Both the latter pair were winning for the third time at the track since the start of April.

Roanna Mamba and Homestead Anna provided Michelle Brown with a double, the latter in an 890m contest. There were four other sprint contests on the card which went to Ballarue Rolo, Fridays Ariana, Knotmore Ace and Hello Youngfella for Samantha Lapidge, Roy Peckham, David Fradgely and Craig Marston respectively. 

There was a winner for Debbie Calvert as Soapy Joe scored over 483m. Another to win over that same trip was Susan Watson's Sandwood Gabby. A 450m win came from Jimmy Gaskin's Canageo.

Pelaw braces for Chapman, Watson and Foot

Neil Chapman followed up his double from last week at Star Pelaw with another courtesy of Zoros Boo and Ballymac Kind. The former is a veteran who picked up his first open race win pacing to the lead early while the latter produced a very smart 25.65 from the front. 

The final two races saw a quickfire double for Colin Watson, with Affane Fox and Porthole Bob both doing the business over 435m. Glenn Foot also doubled up on the card with Travel Safe and Foulkscourt Bono scoring for the kennel. The latter set a new track record for the 245m distance, a perfect 3/3 over that trip.

Other sprinting wins went to Tom Heilbron's Links Millbill and Cowboy Diego for Robert Thompson. Lotties Big Wave followed up her win from the week before with another success for George Power, while a staying contest went to Roy Smith's Killieford Hanna.

Yarmouth double for Barnard

Strathrannoch picked up another smart win for Irene Barnard, backing up his slick success from the week prior.This was arguably a better performance, even though it was slower on the clock, as he had to pick up an excellent yardstick in Swift Depot on the run-in. Snow Patrol was the opening leg of the double.

Craig Morris was on target with Rockmount Kellie in the sprint contest with a new quickest time of the year. A dead-heat ended the staying contest as New Ground for Jane Craske joined John Mullins's Aayamza Legend right on the line.