Trafalgar poised to get off the mark

BATTLEOFTRAFALGAR can get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

The son of Galileo is clearly no star, but does appear capable of taking a modest contest such as this, even from a less than favourable draw in 12. He showed absolutely nothing on his debut at Fairyhouse in June, trailing home fifth of five behind stable companion, Cape Blanco.

An indication as to just how poor an effort that was is the fact the selection was a whopping 17 lengths adrift of the fourth horse.