MOONREACH is a confident nap to get the weekend off to the perfect start by landing the opening Buy A Racing Post Yearling Bonus Candidate Auction Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

MISTER TEE, remarkably without a win on the board thus far, can finally enjoy a turn in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

CEIST EILE, making a particularly quick reappearance, can land the nap in the Abbey Electrical Fillies Maiden at Naas tonight.

YET another dire programme on offer in Ireland this evening, at Ballinrobe, with no less than five handicaps and a claiming race among the so-called attractions.

YOU cannot imagine too many patrons making the effort to get to Gowran Park tonight, given that four of the seven races are essentially impossible to solve handicaps, three of them particularly low grade.

CONDITIONS are sure to be particularly testing for the opening stage of the very last Tralee Festival this afternoon, for which there is a 7.30am inspection.

BACK TO BID, from the in-form Noel Meade yard, can land the nap in the two mile October Maiden at Navan this afternoon.

PRINCELY HERO is the nap choice in the five-runner Club Fabric Handicap, his first venture into such company, at the opening stage of the Tralee Festival this afternoon, assuming the meeting passes this morning’s inspection.

CONDITIONS are certain to be testing at Naas tonight, so it is vital to have horses who will go through the ground on your side.

LIGHTLY-raced Maucaillou can get off the mark at the third time of asking in the Killeens Equestrian Centre Maiden Hurdle at Wexford this evening.

PEEPING FAWN is fancied to get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Fillies Maiden at Naas tonight.

HOUSE Of BOURBON, getting his ground over jumps for the first time, can land the nap in the Racecourse Membership Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary this evening.

KINGS ADVOCATE is the choice to win as competitive a Powers' Whiskey Irish Grand National as has ever been run at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

CANDY GIRL, lightly-raced and who has had her problems in the past, can provide the solution to the Morning Star Belfast EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Downpatrick this afternoon.

SIR FREDERICK can provide the answer to the Powerstown Chase at Clonmel today, should the meeting survive an 8am inspection this morning.

TOM TAAFFE, who has his horses in terrific shape, landed another decent prize when Tumbling Dice ran away with the Grade 2 O'Connell Logistics Hilly Way Chase at Cork yesterday.

THE effect blinkers can have on a horse's performance was never better illustrated than in the Powerstown three-year-old Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

TYONE LEGEND is a hopeful nap choice to land the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle on what is a difficult card at Clonmel this afternoon.

THURLES, the first ‘all-weather’ track in Ireland, will again attempt to cheat the elements this afternoon, as it houses a decent seven-race programme.

BOBS PRIDE, who hasn't scored on the flat since taking the Group Three Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown in April of last year, is napped to win the Ladbrokes.com Race at Navan this afternoon.

JESSICA Harrington's Hide The Evidence completed a hat-trick with a fine front-running display in the INH Stallion Owners' EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

QUERIDO, who caught the eye on his latest two outings over flights, should now be primed to strike and gets the nap to land the Pride Of Tipperary Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary this evening.

DECLAN MCDONOGH struck a major blow in his bid to be champion jockey for the first time when landing a double at the first stage of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

SHANE DONOHOE heaped praise on fellow trainer, Charlie Swan, after his Mill House Girl had slammed odds-on Telemachus in the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurance Ltd. Novice Hurdle at Tipperary last night.

LADY SHANGHAI, with the best of the draw in 16, can land the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Fillies Maiden at Galway this evening.

DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT gets the nap to lead his rivals a merry dance in the Athleague Novice Hurdle at Roscommon this evening.

“I'M going back to school tonight”, quipped 16-years-old Patrick Mullins, after he had partnered Diego Garcia to a smooth victory in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee yesterday.

SIXTEEN-years-old Patrick Mullins can enjoy his biggest success to date aboard Diego Garcia, trained by his father, Willie, in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee this afternoon.

THE John Oxx-trained Flash McGahon sprang a 20-1 shock in the Listed Danehill Dancer Stakes at Tipperary last night, as hot-pot Drayton trailed in a well beaten fifth.

BLUE CORAL is the nap choice to cope with Abide With Me in what promises to be a fascinating tussle for the Dawn Juice EBF Maiden at Galway this afternoon.

BARRACK BUSTER is fancied to lead her rivals a merry dance in the Ladbrokes' Midlands National at Kilbeggan this evening.

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.

BLUEGRASS HILL, who performed inexplicably badly at Gowran Park last time, is given the benefit of the doubt in the Irish Rover Dog Treats EBF Maiden at Naas tonight.

ONCE-raced Laywaan can get off the mark at the second time of asking in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Maiden at Gowran Park this evening.

FILM FESTIVAL can get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Maiden at Roscommon this evening.

DAVID WACHMAN'S Country Song made it two from two with a decent performance in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Race at Tipperary last night.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN looks the business in the concluding Irishtown Maiden at Leopardstown this evening.

CONNA CASTLE rounded off an excellent campaign with a smooth success in the Laurels Bar Hurdle at Killarney last night.

THERE is a big doubt about Kieren Fallon partnering hot-favourite George Washington in tomorrow's English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, following a nasty incident at Tipperary last night.

By Pat Keane

MATTOCK RANGER is a confident nap choice to continue a good week for Noel Meade in the Evening Racemeeting In May Novice Hurdle at Punchestown today.

RACING at Clonmel yesterday was abandoned after the third race, the second division of the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Maiden Hurdle, in the interests of safety.