Rinroe can be a muddy marvel
The track was raceable yesterday, but the possibility of heavy overnight rain made a precautionary look necessary.
Should the meeting get the green light then the mud-loving Rinroe can land the nap in the Fiddlers’ Creek Bar and Restaurant Maiden Hurdle.
Noel Meade’e five-year-old is a horse with a future and we can be virtually certain he has been well schooled in preparation of his first test over jumps.
He’s run three times in bumpers, making an excellent start when second behind the smart Sizing Europe at Naas almost a year ago.
Rinroe then went off a warm order at Cork in December, but was a little disappointing when only taking third to Dancing Tornado. Perhaps, Cork wasn’t a sufficient test of stamina, because he was very much back on song when returning to Naas in January.
This time the selection put up an impressive display, beating subsequent winner, Bootlegger, an easy four lengths. He now begins his jumping career over two and a quarter miles and that seems ideal.
Tuatha De Danann, despite going up 6lbs, gets the vote to continue Tony Mullins’ good run in the Join 2008 Sligo Race Supporters’ Club Handicap Hurdle.
He ran well at Listowel, when a length and a half runner-up behind El Jo, who only failed by a short head to deliver again at Clonmel on Sunday.
Siege Of Ennis, the surface is not a concern, might prove good enough in the ten furlongs Sligo Racecourse Maiden.
This is a moderate race and he is down in class, having done well enough when eighth in the handicap won by Baron De’l at the Curragh.
