Time to seize the Moment

THE clash of Emotional Moment and Solerina in the McCabes’ Builders Ltd Boyne Hurdle at Navan tomorrow, is the race of the weekend in Ireland.

In theory it should be easy for Solerina, who has 12lbs in hand of her only serious rival. But whether this smashing mare will stay three miles on this stiff track is open to question.

Certainly, she struggled in the closing stages of the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, finishing a remote fourth behind Iris’s Gift.