Silver can shine in maiden
Noel Meade’s gelding has already shown himself to be a smart horse over flights and looks well capable of taking this, on the way back to the jumping game.
The grey made a spectacular start in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown in October when landing a 25-runner contest.
He went off an unconsidered 25-1 shot as well and, despite being badly hampered by a loose horse approaching the last, ran out a comfortable winner.
He then chased home the smart Beau Michael at Fairyhouse, disappointed in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham, before rounding off his campaign with a creditable second to another useful sort, Solwhit, at the Punchestown Festival in April.
The evergreen Inline is fancied to carry too many guns for his rivals in the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Claiming Race.
Now a nine-year-old, Incline has been a terrific servant to the Ray McGlinchey yard and continues to retain his form and enthusiasm.
The son of Danehill made light of the testing conditions when successful in another claimer at Sligo last week, scoring unextended over six furlongs plus by two lengths.
The biggest worry now is his ability to see out this mile and a quarter, but he stayed almost nine furlongs when scoring at Galway last summer, so that’s encouraging.
Niall Madden’s Salesin gets a hopeful nod in the Comeragh Maiden Hurdle. He didn’t produce much over hurdles when trained by Jonjo O’Neill, but has shown plenty of improvement on the level of late.
The selection won nicely at Wexford and then performed solidly subsequently when runner-up to Dirar at Downpatrick.
