Franklin looks one to follow

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN looks the business in the concluding Irishtown Maiden at Leopardstown this evening.

Franklin looks one to follow

The more the ground dries out the better it should be for the son of Danehill, who is likely to come on plenty for his debut run on this track earlier in the month.

He finished two lengths and the same in third behind Medico and stable companion, Grafton Street, and there is no doubt the bare form is ordinary.

But dropping down two furlongs in trip looks in his favour and, knowing Aidan O'Brien's charges frequently improve a bundle for an outing, sways one very much towards him.

Ger Lyons' Howya Now Kid can provide the solution to the first on the programme, the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Median Auction Maiden.

The Daggers Drawn colt made a promising start when beaten half a length by David Wachman's Country Song at Tipperary and the fact he has an outing under his belt can prove decisive, in a field made up mostly of newcomers.

The featured Listed Seamus McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes looks a real puzzle, despite attracting only eight possibilities.

John Oxx runs three and the nod falls on his Helena Molony, lightly-raced and the choice of Michael Kinane.

She indicated a bright future might be beckoning when runner-up behind Epsom Oaks candidate, Galatee, at Gowran Park.

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