Hasanka primed for a big run

JOHN OXX’S horses are in good shape and, hopefully, Hasanka can keep his current good run going by landing the Listed K and M Timber Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh this afternoon.

The daughter of Kalanisi is effective on soft ground and should at least go close, on the basis of her latest outing at Cork 15 days ago.

Positively handled by Michael Kinane, Hasanka looked the most likely winner for much of the long straight. In the end, however, she was collared and beaten two lengths by the progressive three-year-old, Tommy Stack’s Unsung Heroine.