Cuan Na Grai can set the record straight
He went off a heavily-backed favourite at Limerick 11 days ago, but could only manage a short head and two lengths third behind What’s Up Doc and Mesopotamia.
You would have to accept the selection found surprisingly little when the battle warmed up, but everything is relative.
That Limerick contest looked useful and this represents a fair drop in class for Cuan Na Grai.
Kevin Prendergast’s Old Chatham is no great shakes, but looks to have founda good opportunity in the Ellen Construction Maiden.
The three-year-old finished a moderate fifth behind The God Of Love at Gowran Park on his reappearance and a combination of weak opposition and stepping up five furlongs in trip may see him triumph.
Moscow Girl, who showed improved form when a close fourth to Twostrongmen in a Punchestown bumper, is the choice in the Lannigans’ Restaurant Maiden Hurdle.
At Downpatrick tonight the in-form John Carr-trained Roadmaker can land the Heart Of Down Hurdle.
Successful in an ordinary maiden on this track, he certainly showed he was going the right way with a gutsy victory subsequently in a very competitive Punchestown handicap.
The Magners’ Ciders Maiden Hurdle is best left to Noel Meade’s Ecole d’Art, a reasonably promising sixth of 21 finishers behind Wine Fountain at Fairyhouse.
