Project poised to pounce
Winner of a bumper at Roscommon by ten lengths, Tony Mullins' charge made a solid start over jumps at Gowran Park in July.
He finished two and a half lengths and a head third behind Jomacomi and Sorry Al, noted staying on quite nicely at the end.
Stepping up two furlongs in trip and the booking of Ruby Walsh are solid reasons now for believing Stadium Project capable of getting the job done.
Charles Byrnes' Dromlease Express is very much the interesting one in the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase.
He has obviously had his problems and hasn't been seen since making a promising debut over fences behind Joueur D'Estruval at Cork in April of last year.
Dromlease Express is a horse with a lot of talent, as he showed earlier in 2004 when giving high-class Macs Joy 6lbs and a three and a half lengths beating in the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown.
This looks an ideal return to the game for him and, if the market speaks in his favour, then the seven-year-old is fancied to cope with Leinster, third to Carlesimo at Ballinrobe.
Feature event is the Guinness Handicap Hurdle, a real puzzle. The nod falls on Noel Meade's Dashing Home.
A classsy timber-topper when on song, he has been in good shape on the level of late, taking third to the impressive Mark Prescott trained Masafi at Down Royal last time.
