EASILY the most interesting contest at the opening stage of the Killarney festival this evening is the Killarney Avenue/Munster Joinery Handicap, which brings together four useful performers.

BAHRAIN STORM can provide the answer to the featured Irish Open July 28-July 31 Chase at the opening stage of the four-day Killarney Festival tonight.

THE four-day Killarney Festival kicks-off tonight, but first things first and it is to Dundalk we go this afternoon for a possible winning nap in the shape of Aladdins Cave in the Connolly Kelly Chartered Accountants’ Handicap.

IN a bid to boost business during the Christmas shopping period, a number of towns in Kerry have reduced or removed parking charges.

TONY MARTIN abandoned any thoughts of going to Galway with Pires, after his well-backed five-year-old had won the Londis Close To You Novice Hurdle at the concluding stage of a very successful Killarney Festival yesterday.

ROYAL County Star is the one to beat in the best race on the card, the Summerfest Chase, at the first stage of the Killarney Festival tonight.

Willie Mullins will saddle Emma Jane and Irish Invader in the William Hill Galway Plate next Wednesday.

CLOONE STREAM is fancied to make a winning debut over flights in the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park-Killarney Racegoers’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the opening stage of the Killarney Festival tonight.

CAPTAIN Cee Bee pulled rank on the opposition at the final stage of the Killarney Festival yesterday when literally running away with the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden.

JOHN KIELY’S Migmatite is the nap choice in the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden at the concluding stage of the Killarney Festival this afternoon.

DEDO is the nap choice to overcome a bad draw in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Maiden at the first stage of the Killarney Festival tonight.

REALLY looking forward to Dandy Man attempting to establish himself as the champion sprinter in this afternoon’s Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

THE LAST HURRAH produced a gutsy performance to defy top weight in the featured Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle at the final stage of a hugely successful Killarney Festival yesterday.

JESSICA Harrington, who has her horses in terrific shape right now, holds a strong hand with The Last Hurrah and Atelios in the featured Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle at the final stage of the Killarney Festival this afternoon.

RICHARD McLERNON, a nephew of one of the best National Hunt riders this country has ever produced, Tommy Carmody, looks a young man with a bright future.

PAT HUGHES’ Spanish John was always an odds-on chance for the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Maiden Hurdle at the first stage of the Killarney Festival last night and he proved much too good for moderate rivals in the hands of local hero Jim Culloty.

TORDUFF BOY gets the nap to beat two more highly-rated opponents, Go Roger Go and Moscow Express, in the Gleneagle Hotel ’Chase at the opening stage of the Killarney Festival tonight.