Improving Trefflich poised to strike
The lightly-raced son of Polish Precedent has improved for each of his three races to date and looks capable of going close.
He won a moderate Curragh maiden first time up and followed by chasing home Red Feather, back at the Curragh.
John Oxx then brought him back to headquarters a third time to produce his best performance, finishing a close fourth behind Solskjaer in the Group Two Royal Whip Stakes.
The opening Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden appears a match between Oxx’s Francis Drake and Aidan O’Brien’s Euphrates.
Francis Drake performed with promise when fifth to Defi at Galway and has plenty scope for improvement.
Preference, however, is for Euphrates, disqualified after beating another Oxx inmate, Laudable, a short head at Gowran Park 13 days ago.
Ballybrit hero, Cloone River, can make a winning debut over fences in the Meadowlands Hote Beginners ’Chase.
The admirable eight year-old is ultra-consistent and there was plenty to like about the manner in which he beat Gemini Guest a comfortable two lengths in the Galway Hurdle.
Michael O’Brien’s Young Elodie is napped to become the first horse to win two juvenile races over flights this season, in the Station House Bar and Restaurant Blennerville three-year-old Hurdle.
She didn’t, admittedly, have much to beat when scoring by five lengths at Cork, but the experience gained then could prove decisive against main rival, Urban.
