Mirific looks set to go one better

IT would be silly to desert John Oxx, who is enjoying a rich vein of form, and his once-raced Mirific gets the nap to land the Giles and Co Auctioneers’ Maiden at Tralee today.

The Perugino gelding will be partnered by Fran Berry, in the absence of the suspended Johnny Murtagh, and is taken to step up on his three and a half lengths second behind stable companion Blatant at Naas earlier in the month.

Mirific performed with plenty of promise, ranging up as a possible threat to the favourite in the straight. He tired through the last furlong, however, but is surely entitled to come on a bundle for the experience!