Yeats looks up to overcoming lengthy absence
The duo team up in four of the seven races and have bright prospects of recording a treble, via Where’s The Tiger, Yeats and Bonanza.
Where’s The Tiger can set the wheels in motion in the opening Choisir EBF Race.
The Storm Cat colt missed the break on his debut over this course and distance last month but ran on well for hands and heels riding to get up close home.
Where’s The Tiger has considerable scope and can follow up at the expense of Waterways, also the winner of a maiden here last month, the form of which is working out well.
One-time Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats can overcome a lengthy absence to land the featured High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes.
The unbeaten son of Sadler’s Wells was ruled out of last year’s Epsom Classic a few days before the race with a muscle problem and has not raced since winning the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial almost 12 months ago.
O’Brien is clearly satisfied all is well now, however, and Yeats, who has been cantering away all winter, can begin to make up for lost time.
Bonanza, who is reported to be going well on the gallops, can go in first time of asking in the Peintre Celebre Maiden.
Leopardstown maiden winner Emerald Cat flies the Ballydoyle flag in the Rock Of Gibraltar Tetrarch Stakes but preference is for Indesatchel.
David Wachman’s Danehill Dancer colt has made a good impression in both his starts this term, landing a listed race over this course and distance before following up in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes at Newbury, and can go on improving on his favoured soft ground.
At Limerick tomorrow, Noel Meade’s Telemachus is napped to land the Coyle Hamilton Willis Insurance Maiden Hurdle.
A four times winner on the Flat when trained by James Given, Telemachus was creeping into contention when crumpling on landing after the second-last in a maiden hurdle won by Akhtari at Punchestown in February.
Telemachus again shaped well when sixth behind Justified in a novice hurdle at Fairyhouse in March and can take advantage of a major drop in class here.
Massini’s Maguire, who made an encouraging debut when fourth in a winners’ Bumper here last month, can land the Big Band Night INH Flat.
