Royal County can star at opening stage of Killarney
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.
The Cork contest was over three miles and it was back to two and a quarter at Punchestown. He was impressive at Punchestown, travelling sweetly and jumping well, before easing away in the straight to beat Holly Tree by a cosy two and a half lengths.
The Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Claiming Race, not the type of race which makes any appeal normally, offers a potential wager in the shape of Charlie Swan’s Crooked Throw.
He is safely held by Corana, on their running behind Shanghai Star at Sligo, but could reverse the placings, dropping down a furlong and a half in trip and given a softer surface.
Joe Crowley’s On My Own might be up to taking the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park-Killarney Racegoers’ Club Maiden Hurdle.
He fell at the last at Bellewstown, with the race at his mercy, although that was an ordinary contest.
Kevin O’Brien’s On Borrowed Wings gets the vote in the Aura Sports And Leisure Bumper.
He was partnered by a 7lbs claimer when runner-up behind Sutherland Star at Bellewstown and Nina Carberry now gets the nod.
