Dariyba can defy top weight

PRINCESS DARIYBA can defy top weight in the second division of the MD O’Shea & Sons Handicap at Killarney this evening.

Michael Grassick’s five-year-old is still a maiden after 15 starts but her two most recent efforts suggest that is about to change.

Fourth behind Fuerta Ventura, a winner again since, in a better-class handicap over 9f at Navan on her reappearance last month, Princess Dariyba turned in another promising effort when a strong finishing length runner-up behind Kilmannin a Naas last time.