AUSTRALIAN teenager Todd Kurtz will be favourite to stand on the top step of the podium tonight, when he and the three Newport Drillerman Hornets compete for the TBS Open on the Isle of Wight.

Kurtz will line up against team-mates Jay Herne, Brendan Johnson and Matt Bates against eight other riders, who will also chase przie money worth £500.

Full score will be posted here at around 10pm tonight.