Guest can break three year losing streak

BALLINTRY GUEST, without a victory since scoring on the flat at Gowran Park in October of 2001, can justify likely cramped odds in the Snowcream Milk Maiden Hurdle at the first stage of the Tramore Festival this evening.

Niall Madden is a significant booking for Pat Flynn’s eight-year-old, who comes here in good shape, following an encouraging display at Galway. The selection finished a creditable fourth of 18 behind Johnjoe’s Express in a competitive handicap and a repeat of that sort of effort will surely see him prove far too good for this opposition.

Michael O’Brien’s Shayrandar, who cut little ice in three bumpers early in the year, gets the nap in the Anglo Irish Bank Maiden.