January looks to get off the mark

YOU don’t often see people heading to the beach sporting raincoats and rubber boots, but that will surely be the case for the annual jamboree on Laytown strand this afternoon.

It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you will get paid the same at Laytown as say Cheltenham, so hopefully we can find a winning nap in the shape of Ted Walsh’s January in the Glina’s Cottage Maiden.

The contest takes place over the longest trip allowed at the track, seven furlongs, so the selection is taking a dramatic drop in distance.