Shorter trip to suit Gripping

DERMOT WELD and Pat Smullen appear to hold a strong hand at Fairyhouse tonight and they can combine to provide a winning nap with Gripping in the Commons Nursery.

The daughter of Green Desert may find this six furlongs ideal, after getting run over by Kevin Prendergast’s Talwin over seven at Roscommon last time.

The selection travelled really well through the contest and looked sure to score early in the straight. But she had nothing left once tackled by the winner in the closing stages, going down by five lengths.