Faadhil may have the edge

DERMOT WELD and Pat Smullen, who teamed up for a fine treble at Leopardstown on Sunday, can combine to land the Junction Race at Tipperary this afternoon with Faadhil.

The son of Diesis got off the mark at the third time of asking as a juvenile, making all to beat Arawan by three parts of a length at the Curragh in September. He wasn’t seen again until reappearing in a Curragh handicap ten days ago.

The selection blazed the trail one more time and they were tactics which looked destined to succceed for most of that nine furlongs journey. Faadhil, however, had no more to give through the last half furlong, eventually going down by a neck and a half a length behind Latino Magic and Tajseed.