Longer trip sure to suit Bowmore
A progressive three-year-old, he made a promising seasonal reappearance at Leopardstown last month, finishing just under three lengths fourth behind Black Sam Bellamy.
Bowmore stayed on stoutly in the closing stages over a trip, a mile and a quarter, which was all too short. He has a little to find with the enigmatic Holy Orders, who was second, but can reverse placings, stepping up another three furlongs.
Michael Grassick's once-raced Lamon Bay should take plenty of beating in the Tattersalls Ireland Auction Maiden.
The daughter of Perugino made her debut at the Curragh earlier in the month, when it took a while for the penny to drop. But she flew home to finish three lengths runner-up behind Alexander Goldrun and can only come on for the experience.
Dermot Weld's Maharib gets the nap to land the concluding Children's Hospice Maiden. His close second to the very useful Good Day Too at the Curragh is the best piece of form facing into this contest.
He was mildly disappointing next time, failing to cope with Arundel back at the Curragh, but did not get the run of that race!
At the Curragh tomorrow, Black Sam Bellamy is far from certain to face the starter in the Group Three Golan Mooresbridge Stakes.
Very impressive first time up this season, making all to score at Leopardstown, he is also in Sunday's Group One Prix Ganay at Longchamp.
The full-brother to Galileo isn't due to fly to France until Sunday morning and if the ground threatens to ride fast there then Aidan O'Brien is likely to reroute him to headquarters. In Black Sam Bellamy's absence, Nysaean, beaten a length and a half by Parasol at Kempton on Monday, would be a tentative choice.
O'Brien runs two, Dalcassian and France, in the Rock Of Gibraltar Tetrarch Stakes and preference is for the former.
Dalcassian was the medium of some decent wagers, when landing his maiden on this track three weeks ago, and both his immediate victims then, Timawari and Evolving Tactics, have won in the meantime.
Steel Light, the only one of the ten runners to have an outing under his belt, gets the nap in the Mull Of Kintyre Maiden.
He gave the impression there was better to come when fourth behind Colossus at the Curragh and the form has been working out really well with subsequent successes for Miss Childrey (third) and Alexander Goldrun (fifth).
The obvious worry is the Ballydoyle Storm Cat colt, One Cool Cat, who cost $3.1million at Keeneland.
At Sligo tomorrow Edward O'Grady's Field Marshall rates a solid wager in the first division of the Bumper. He performed with a lot of promise behind Champagne Ronnie at Clonmel in February and a recent spin on the flat behind Beef Or Salmon at the Curragh should have him spot-on for this.
