Captain Henry can take charge

YET another dire programme on offer in Ireland this evening, at Ballinrobe, with no less than five handicaps and a claiming race among the so-called attractions.

Captain Henry can take charge

The nap vote falls on Captain Henry in the moderate Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Median Auction Maiden.

Eddie Lynam's gelding is clearly no star, but looks good enough to squeeze through this affair. He finished reasonably well when runner-up behind Coat Of Arms at Gowran Park last month, beaten a length.

That wasn't much of a contest, but this seems worse and stepping up two furlongs in trip could be a big help.

Coffee Tea Or Me gets the nod to make a winning debut over fences in the Martin Tyrrell Auctioneers' Tuam and Headfort Beginners Chase.

You would have to say he was a bit disappointing over flights at Wexford, when eight lengths second behind Turf War.

But, as a four-year-old, the selection receives plenty of weight from his rivals and will revel in the expected fast surface.

The concluding Jennings' Meats Handicap Hurdle could fall to the ten-year-old, Heartansoul.

She warmed up for this with a creditable effort on the flat at Listowel, third to Magen's Star and Zaralabad.

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