Chaos poised to assume control
His once-raced Amid The Chaos gets the nap to land the opening section.
The son of Nashwan performed with promise at Leopardstown at the end of March.
He finished sixth, beaten a little over three lengths, in a contest won by Roosevelt.
The form is nothing special, but there was sufficient merit in the effort to make him the choice and Amid The Chaos is bound to come on plenty for the experience.
John Oxx’s Alisar, also with just one run under his belt, is the obvious danger. He showed his turn shouldn’t be long delayed when fourth behind Dalcassian at the Curragh.
Prominent Feature, not for the faint-hearted, gets the nod to win the second division.
He certainly appears to have his own ideas about the game, but this does look a weak contest. The selection was fitted with blinkers at Naas last week for the first time.
They didn’t have the desired effect and he refused to settle for Pat Smullen.
As a result, when push came to shove, he had nothing left, finishing a disappointing fifth behind Fontanesi.
Well drawn, it wouldn’t be the biggest surprise in the world if the son of Selkirk was allowed bowl along from the start on this occasion!
It is hard to oppose the Ballydoyle newcomer, Antonius Plus, now that the juveniles from that quarter are hitting top gear, in the May EBF Maiden.
Aidan O’Brien’s son of Danzig cost $1.5m at the sales in Keeneland.
In-form Crimson Flower is another who has to get the vote in the Gowran Park Ladies Handicap.
She comes here in cracking form, on a hat-trick.
The eight-year-old took a handicap hurdle in a canter at Punchestown and has just a 5lbs mandatory penalty to carry for a smoothly gained success on the level at Wexford on Friday night.
