Confident Rankin sends out 28.25 Laurels trial warning

When Owen McKenna’s Confident Rankin went around Curraheen in 28.25 in a trial last Friday he sent out a message that the Red Mills Irish Laurels is not going to be easily won.

The race for the €30,000 prize will commence on Friday week and a terrific entry is anticipated.

McKenna will have a strong team and has been boosted by the addition of Tyrur Justin. PJ Fahy decided against making the round trip from Galway and opted to have the dog based closer to the venue. Tyrur Justin did a 28.65 run last Friday.