Salt Lake ready to get off the mark
The ex-German horse had his first outing in this country at Limerick back in March. He finished four and a half lengths second behind the useful Josephine Cullen and that was a promising start.
The son of Monsun then had a spin on the flat at the Curragh, before being put away for the summer.
Edward O’Grady’s gelding reappeared at Kilbeggan last month and went off a heavily-backed odds-on favourite.
The money went west, however, as he proved no match for Noel Meade’s Restoration, going down by six lengths.
At the time it looked disappointing, but the form was put in perspective when Restoration went on to land a Tralee handicap with a lot to spare.
Salt Lake is entitled to improve plenty for both the run and the experience and gets the nap.
Telemachus, a major disappointment at Tralee, is given another chance in the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurance Ltd. Novice Hurdle.
The six-year-old was beaten into fourth place behind Maxxium on that occasion, finding nowhere near as much as he threatened to do approaching the home turn.
Euro Leader, runner-up then, scored at Cork on Sunday and this is a far easier task for the selection.
Abide With Me, who didn’t seem to handle Galway when well beaten by Dermot Weld’s Blue Coral at the Festival, gets the nod in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden.
Kevin Prendergast’s Well Heeled Lady can take the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.
Beaten two and a half lengths by Kissinthemoonlight at Roscommon, she was a neck in front of third placed Unlock, who won at Galway earlier in the week.
