No denying Commonchero’s prospects in this company

TORRENTIAL rain yesterday has ensured that horses who enjoy plenty of cut in the ground will be at a distinct advantage at the second stage of the Galway Festival this evening.

Michael O'Brien's Commonchero - he goes well in the soft - gets the nap to land the McDonogh Properties Chase. The nine-year-old is not one who can be trusted implicitly, but there is no denying his prospects in this company. He warmed up with a smooth victory at Tipperary ten days ago, cruising to an eight lengths defeat of the moderate Laragh House.

O'Brien can also supply the solution to the opening tote.ie Online Betting Maiden Hurdle with Mesopotamia, a son of Sadler's Wells. The ground was very testing when he was beaten 11 lengths into second by Line Ball at Punchestown back in May.