Ninetieth Minute can call time on rivals

THERE is a possibility of a somewhat truncated programme at Cork this afternoon, with racing subject to a 7.30 a.m inspection.

The chase course was unraceable yesterday afternoon. If that is still the case this morning then both chases will be abandoned, leaving a five-race card, assuming the rest of the track gets the green light. The first contest is scheduled for 12.55, but in the event of only five races, proceedings will get underway at 2.00. Tom Taaffe’s Ninetieth Minute is the nap choice in the McCarthy Group Insurances’ Hurdle.

Lightly-raced, he has a lot of potential and should relish both the conditions and stepping up to two and a quarter miles for the first time.