Great Eagle set to swoop
The John Duggan trained runner was having his first race in over four months when landing the odds in 29.24 at Cork earlier this month.
Great Eagle has scope for further improvement and can shrug off a trap four draw.
Butterbridge Raz, placed in his three starts, finishing a five lengths runner-up in 29.14 at Cork last time, is also likely to progress and reads the danger.
Whatever the fate of Butterbridge Raz, the Diarmuid Lynch-Kieran Lynch combination can strike with Butterbridge Gin in heat four.
This improving sort advertised his well behind when making all in 29.68 in an A3 contest last week.
The highly-consistent Castlemary Ben, second in 29.21 last time, rates the pick of the opposition.
Denis Fitzgerald’s At The Front looked a smart recruit when making all in 29.40 on his debut here four weeks ago. He can confirm that sort of thinking by successfully stepping up in class in heat three where the well drawn Borna Trust reads the likely alternative.
Meanwhile the progressive Elland Rd Legend is one to note in heat five of the Cork Airport Child Aid Stakes at Curraheen Park.
A hat-trick scorer last term, the Pat Quirke trained runner lines up here on the back of a runaway 29.01 success last month.
Clearly going the right way and favoured by an inside slot, Elland Rd Legend can account for dual winner Shaws Torres.
Heat four can go to the Shane Murphy trained District Court.
This improving sort created a favourable impression when carding 29.03 on his penultimate start and can gain compensation for an unlucky run at Tralee last time.
Bill O’Hare’s (inset) Congo Survivor, a wide margin 29.59 winner on his debut at Thurles in November and in front for a long way before finishing a close second over 550 here last month, looks capable of a big run in heat six.
