Mingun can strike

MINGUN gets the vote to strike another minor blow for Ballydoyle in the Irishtown Maiden at Leopardstown tonight.

A son of A P Indy and brilliant mare, Miesque, the selection showed soft ground held no fears for him with a creditable effort on his only outing so far, at the Curragh back in October. He contested a seven furlongs maiden, going to the front under two furlongs down, before failing by a neck to hold stable companion Alberto Giacometti.

The bare form is ordinary, several of those who finished behind have done little for it in the meantime, but Mingun is clearly a horse with a lot of potential and gets the vote.