Leopardstown is the first track faced with the test of what to do when competing against a month of World Cup football. To add to the challenge, the population hasn't yet been addled by a litany of 0-0 scorelines on their screens, so enthusiasm is still fresh for "the greatest show on earth".

In the face of that, it will be interesting to see how many attend this evening's fixture, which has a 6.15 start. It will be disappointing if there isn't a decent crowd, because for a mid-week evening meeting this is about as good as it can get, with a £10,000 jackpot guarantee thrown in.

The feature is the Group Three Ballycorus Stakes over seven furlongs, in which two of the five runners come from across the Irish Sea. Tumbleweed Ridge represents Limerick-born Brian Meehan and could be the one to set the pace.

But more interest will centre on that regular visitor, Wizard King, who won three Group Threes here last year, including this one when he beat Cool Edge by an easy four lengths.

Wizard King, winner of seven races in Ireland, has been a wonderfully consistent performer for Sir Mark Prescott, but the Newmarket yard has been under a sickness cloud for almost of all this season and is only now starting to send out runners again.

In that light, the 1-1 score between Burden Of Proof and Wizard King from last season now looks set to increase in the favour of Charles O'Brien's horse. Burden Of Proof is another admirably consistent horse who trotted up on his second run of the season here, and then didn't enjoy the best of luck in running when fourth to Strike Hard in the Greenlands Stakes. Frankie Dettori found himself trapped on the rails until it was too late, but Burden Of Proof ran on well in the last 100 yards and, in such obvious good form, the six-year-old looks the logical selection.

The course specialist, Graduated, makes his seasonal bow in the Listed Glencairn Stakes, and while the ratings give him an obvious chance, he could be a horse to come on for the race. Dermot Weld runs two, with Michael Kinane choosing the Galway winner Free To Speak, and he is marginally preferred.

As for the future, the Weld team will be concentrating even more on Make No Mistake in the concluding Andrex Race.

Third to Aislo in the Ballysax and to Risk Material at the Curragh is a meagre enough return for the reputation of this colt, but the step up to a mile and a half could be in his favour and Make No Mistake should do just that in beating Campo Catino and Afarad.