Royal County can star at opening stage of Killarney

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.

You could argue that two miles and a furlong will prove too short for Tony Martin’s charge, but this is a horse who is not short of pace and the likely soft ground will be a help.

A particularly versatile sort, the selection will be seeking a hat-trick, having scored over flights at Cork and fences at Punchestown.