Paradise looks tempting
He ran easily his best race to date at Galway last week and a repeat of that effort will ensure the son of Grand Lodge will be hard to beat.
Tempting Paradise went to the front early in the straight, but was just run out of it close home and beaten a neck by favourite, Born For Glory.
There was plenty to like about the way the selection stuck to his task and stepping up a furlong in trip now will not be a hindrance.
Shellin, beaten a length and a quarter by Moratorium in a handicap at Galway, is the biggest worry!
Weld can also take the Hook Head Race with Le Leopard. The six-year-old is capable of the odd bad run, but his neck second to Kevkat in a competitive handicap at Galway a week ago gives him the clear winning of this.
Course specialist Tango Foxtrot will surely go off market-leader for the opening Carnsore Point Maiden Hurdle.
Willie Mullins’ charge has been in terrific form on the flat of late, but nagging doubts he’s just not as good over jumps sways one towards Bernabeu.
Edward O’Grady’s gelding, an easy winner on the level at Bellewstown, got bogged down on the soft ground in the GPT Handicap at Galway.
The last time he ran over flights was when beaten ten lengths by Jubilant Note at Tipperary and had Tango Foxtrot four lengths away in third.
