Nine O can defy handicapper

NINE O, despite a substantial rise in the weights, is the nap choice to land the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase at Limerick this afternoon.

He enjoyed a lucrative time over flights, prior to returning to fences at Thurles a week ago. The selection beat Euro’swell then by three and a half lengths, but went up a whopping 17lbs for his audacity.

In theory that should certainly stop him now, but Nine O did score with any amount in hand and, since he was racing off a low base anyway, has every chance of defying the handicapper.