Higgins can get off mark
Second four times in-a-row, Edward O'Grady's charge ran his best race to date at the Galway Festival last time.
He was beaten a length and a half by Dix Villez, in a contest which has been working out quite nicely.
Legal Express and Camdengreenmachine, who finished sixth and eighth respectively, have both won in the meantime.
Tim Doyle's Alternative Route is the one to beat in the opening Pat Doyle Memorial Mares Novice Hurdle.
Certainly, the six-year-old indicated at Tramore last week that she is going the right way with a smooth nine lengths defeat of Jimmyonecoat.
Robbie Burns' Result is the choice in the D and E McHugh New Holland Maiden Hurdle. He performed solidly when two lengths runner-up behind hot-pot Artistic Lad on this track earlier in the month.
Charlie Swan's Wild Bill Hickok has a leading chance in the Tullamore Bumper, particularly as he should be well suited by the two miles and three.
The selection was a major gamble at Galway, but looked very one-paced when finishing nine lengths second behind Dermot Weld's newcomer, Stolen Light.
