Rock the solid choice in maiden

MODERATE is about the best word to describe what’s on offer at Limerick this evening, with seven ordinary flat races hardly an enticing prospect.

Jim Gorman’s Born To Rock is the nap choice in the limerickraces.ie Maiden for colts and geldings.

The Statue Of Liberty colt made a satisfactory seasonal debut at the Curragh last month, half a length second to Jim Bolger’s market-leader Toraidhe, and hopefully can build on that effort.

David Myerscough’s Bibury, a daughter of Royal Applause, gets the vote in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.

Like Born To Rock, she made a promising start to the campaign when third behind John Oxx’s heavily-backed Zaralanta and Bolger’s Buiochas Mor at the Curragh.

Jim Nash’s seven-year-old Splurge could be the solution to the 13th June Live Music After Racing Maiden. He is fit from hurdling, producing a decent enough effort when runner-up to the high-class Fiveforthree at Wexford.

Ger Lyons’ twice-raced Putapriceonthat can land the opening Hot Press Maiden, having rounded off her juvenile days by finishing fifth to Aidan O’Brien’s Chief Lone Eagle at Leopardstown in November.

Kaprun, another fit from hurdling and a winner of a maiden over flights on this track last time, mightn’t be too far away in the Greenmount Park Handicap!