Tiger can tame Pearl of Love
Pearl Of Love represents the all-conquering Mark Johnston yard and will bring a big reputation to the headquarters of Irish racing.
That is based on a fine performance by the colt in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, when he beat The Mighty Tiger’s stable companion, Tycoon, by a length and a half.
Pearl Of Love was very impressive on the day, but quite what the form amounts to isn’t very clear, with Tycoon not having been seen in the meantime.
In any case, the progressive The Mighty Tiger is preferred. He is going forward rapidly, producing an excellent effort at Goodwood last time when beaten a length and a quarter by Lucky Story, another Johnston inmate.
Lucky Story appears to even more highly rated than Pearl Of Love and there was a lot to admire about the way the selection stuck to his task in the closing stages.
There is a huge amount of money on offer for the Tattersalls Breeders’ Stakes, a contest which has a lot more to do with quantity than quality.
The vote goes to Mick Channon’s Majestic Desert, taking a drop in class, following her third behind Attraction and Catstar in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot.
Daganya, who made a winning reappearance at Leopardstown last month, beating Anna Frid (levels) half a length, is a hopeful choice in the Ballygallon Stud Belgrave Stakes.
Harry Rogers’ horses are in fine shape and his Fullasoul gets the nap to take the Dromahane Handicap Hurdle at Cork tomorrow.
The last time he ran over flights, the seven-year-old scored by eight lengths at Ballinrobe.
Fullasoul went up a whopping 12lbs for that, but emphasised his current well-being with an easy success on the level at Roscommon on Monday.
Edward O’Grady’s Golden Row can hardly be opposed in the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Novice 'Chase.
This prolific winner is in a different league to his rivals, having toyed with the useful Say Again at Galway last time.
The frustrating Moscow Court, second in three bumpers, gets the vote to make a winning debut over jumps in the Mitchelstown Maiden Hurdle.
At Fairyhouse tomorrow, Arundel should take all the beating in the Kilsaran Concrete Ballycullen Stakes.
Admittedly, the son of Sadler’s Wells showed signs of a dodgy temperament when three parts of a length runner-up to Maharib at the Curragh in June, but that run still seems to give him the edge in this company!
