HIDDEN Universe, a beaten odds-on favourite in the race last year, looks good in today’s October Maiden at Navan.

VINCENT WARD, who saddles Fictional Account in tomorrow’s Irish St Leger at the Curragh, can land Her Majesty’s Plate with End Of The Affair at Down Royal this evening.

IN A Nutshell, who has hit the bar on a couple of occasions of late, has been found a very suitable opportunity in the opening Mayo News Maiden Hurdle at Ballinrobe tonight and gets the nap.

PAT SMULLEN, who rides the course really well, is a significant booking for Giant’s Quest in the Paddy Smyth Memorial Maiden at Ballinobe tonight and the five-year-old gets the nap.

GOING descriptions in Ireland have long been a major bone of contention, but the topic reached a new low at Limerick last night.