TOWCESTER has verified an interest in staging the TV Trophy throughout this year's Derby after the prominent marathon competitors was a noteworthy omission from the 2026 GBGB open-race calendar.

Talks are presently ongoing in between the Northamptonshire place and the GBGB to host the eight-bend competition throughout the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Classic, with the goal of still running the standard Dorando Marathon race on Derby last night.

GBGB's commercial director Mark Moisley said: "We are not in a position to make any announcement regarding this year's TV Trophy however we are enthusiastic that the offer can be reached by the end of the week."

Predominantly a nomadic competition given that its first staging in 1958, the TV Trophy was held at Wimbledon for nine successive years between 1997 and 2005 before again moving from track to track.

Champion stayer Mongys Wild broke the 942m performance history at Towcester in last year's last and his handler Mark Wallis emphasised the competitors's importance as he stated: "It would be really bad for the sport if an event as big as the TV Trophy stopped working to happen this year.

"It does not matter when it happens as long as it does. It's a competitors steeped in history."

On the protecting champ, who was last sighted winning the Ladbrokes Golden Jacket at Monmore last month, Wallis included: "He's really well and banging down the kennel door in the house desperate for a run.

"I'll aim to provide him a trial someplace shortly."

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