SERVE TIME is a hopeful nap choice to defy top weight in the Kerryman four-year-old Handicap Hurdle at Tralee this afternoon.

TORRENTIAL rain yesterday has ensured that horses who enjoy plenty of cut in the ground will be at a distinct advantage at the second stage of the Galway Festival this evening.

THE progressive Mounthenry proved far too good for his rivals in the Grade Two Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

JUSTIFIED is fancied to run his rivals ragged in the Grade One Durkan New Homes Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Monday.