Younger generation likely to make mark

BOTH Shelbourne Park and Limerick will play host to a number of Ireland’s finest this evening as the Tote Gold Cup and Roche’s Feeds Oaks commence at the respective venues.

At Shelbourne Park a couple of star names are missing from the entry for the Tote Gold Cup, but it remains a competition of quality. Defending champion De Ex Factor will be fancied to go a long way through the stake, but he will have to deal with some of the younger generation who seem likely to make a splash in the coming months.

Among those are the joint favourites with Paddy Power, Razldazl George and Bling Bling Buzz. Both greyhounds are relatively lightly raced and have plenty to prove, but there is no doubting their potential.