Spear can hit target

GOLD SPEAR can land the Irish Field Hurdle at Downpatrick this afternoon.

The progressive six-year-old showed that fast ground is what he wants when winning at Down Royal twelve days ago. He made every yard of the running to score unextended by five lengths and that followed on a promising second behind Tisn’t Easy at Thurles.

Phariva, who loves this surface as well, was equally impressive when cruising to victory at Limerick and is the obvious danger.