Fine chance for Bridge to get off the mark

BAKER'S BRIDGE has a leading chance in the opening Ashbourne Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Certainly, he is far from a rock-solid nap choice, but Tom Taaffe's charge does look up to winning a little contest such as this.

He went off a well-backed favourite at Punchestown in February, but ran into one of the best handicapped horses in the country at the time, Tony Martin's Royal County Star, and was beaten four lengths.