I really had to smile when reading earlier in the week about the so-called sustained gamble on Aidan O’Brien’s Cristoforo Colombo for next Tuesday’s Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Purple, who is bred to be far better than she is, is the nap choice to get off the mark at the sixth time of asking in the Garlow Cross Handicap at Navan this afternoon.

The Michael Halford-trained Ondeafears might defy the handicapper in the featured Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Handicap in Gowran Park this evening.

Check out our tips from today’s horse races across Ireland and the UK.