Well handicapped Hanoria looks set to get off the mark
Punters would do well to treat this card with the utmost caution, however. Six handicaps and a mares bumper is hardly the type of programme one can approach with confidence.
There are, though, solid grounds for believing Hanorla capable of doing the business and enjoying a first ever success on the flat.
Joe Crowley’s gelding has improved significantly over flights of late and may be well handicapped on the level now, off a mark of just 60.
Following a creditable second to the very useful Banasan at Bellewstown, the selection made no mistake next time when scoring by 13 lengths at Tipperary.
The improving Bowling Green gets the nod to complete a hat-trick in the Bank Of Ireland Handicap Hurdle.
He has taken a substantial hike in the weights, but could still have the measure of the handicapper!
Paul Lenihan’s charge won really well at Limerick, ground on the fast side, before scrambling home by a a short head from Achates, back at Limerick.
The surface was on the soft side on the latter occasion and, returning to his ideal conditions, Bowling Green is fancied to defy a total rise of 16lbs.
Eugene O’Sullivan’s Tuba has a leading chance in the Ernst and Young Handicap Chase.
He showed his liking for this type of track when scoring at Wexford in June and was far from disgraced when outclassed by Fable in a conditions event at Cork on Monday night.
Sink Or Swim, beaten four lengths into second by Willie Mullins’ Sherberry at Sligo, is a hopeful choice in the Bumper.
