Punters can have Dream opening
He has only ever won one race in his life and has a hefty rise in the weights to overcome, but there are still solid reasons for believing him capable of taking this.
Dream Champion hasn’t been seen for 60 days, not since justifying even-money favouritism at Listowel in early June.
He only took that contest by a length and went up a whopping 13lbs. But this is a tough and resolute gelding and, as a four-year-old, has huge scope for improvement. The booking of Nina Carberry in this amateur event is hardly a minus.
John Oxx runs his first horses of the week and the Curragh handler’s King In Waiting will surely be a popular choice in the St James’ Gate Race over a mile and six.
One suspects the four-year-old hasn’t been the easiest to train, on the basis he doesn’t run very often.
His latest effort was promising enough, however, and he is taking a sharp drop in class. The Sadler’s Wells gelding ran in the Listed Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown and did as well as could be expected to finish ten and a half lengths third behind Yeats.
King In Waiting may not be one to be overly trusted, however, and preference is for Rekaab. Martin Brassil’s charge returned to something approaching his best when bolting in at Killarney and might just be worth following for a little while.
Feature event is the Guinness Premier Handicap and the vote here falls on Michael Halford’s Do The Trick.
He beat Forthright (levels), who renews rivalry, a neck here on Wednesday night, after going to the front much too early.
