Maybe one of the runners in tomorrow's Aga Khan sponsored National Stakes will become a champion yet but at the moment there looks to be a relatively cheap Group One pot going abegging at the Curragh.

Four of the nine runners are maidens and one of them looks like starting a warm favourite.

That colt is Coliseum who figures highly among the Ballydoyle ratings but has yet to win in two starts. Having said that, he did put in a much improved performance to run the subsequent Champagne Stakes winner Auction House to a neck at York and at the moment the Sadlers Wells colt looks the most likely of these to significantly progress.

The bare form of Coliseum's debut puts both Globe Theatre and Mus-If ahead of the O'Brien horse but Coliseum was slowly away that day and should have improved a lot since then. Hopefully enough for John Murtagh to complete a fine weekend Group 1 double.

Coliseum should be the centrepiece of a day that may turn into something of a Ballydoyle benefit. Considering his rating it is surprising to see Blue Lotus still a maiden but that can be rectified in the opener while the drop back to the minimum trip could be the solution to Royal Affinity in the John Dunton Race.

In terms of the future though, a very interesting prospect makes his debut in the concluding Pollardstown Maiden. The artistic thread through the top rank of the Ballydoyle juvenile ranks, started by Orepn, Lavery and Stravinsky, is continued with Tchaikovsky who will be ridden by Michael Kinane. By Sadlers Wells out of Crystal Spray, the colt is certainly bred for the job and doesn't look to have too much to beat from those that have run.

Approvance is taken to reverse Tralee form with Lils Boy in the Dolan Solonaway Stakes now that there is more cut in the ground while Niall McCullagh can make full use of an opportunity for Dermot Weld by guiding Social Harmoney to success in the September Handicap.