Kiely sharpens two arrows for Galway Hurdle

JOHN Kiely is planning to give King Rama a spin on the level at Leopardstown before tackling next week’s Guinness Galway Hurdle.

The seven-year-old shot to the head of the market for the valuable contest after rattling up a hat-trick over timber earlier this year.

He has been given a break to recover from those exertions and Kiely is hoping his charge comes through Thursday’s Roughan & O’Donovan “Des Kernan Memorial” Handicap well enough to line up at the big Festival meeting.