On The Other Hand tailor-made for National
He stays and jumps and is in the care of Charlie Swan, who has his charges in particularly good shape right now.
The selection’s latest outing over fences saw him finish to real effect when beaten half a length by Oscar India at Cork.
Swan then gave him a pop on the flat at Bellewstown, fourth in a 14 furlongs handicap, and that should have left On The Other Hand spot on for this test.
The ordinary Failte Go Deo should at least go close in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Beginners Chase.
He has essentially been disappointing, but did perform solidly enough last time when runner-up behind The Rall at Wexford.
Another who is a member of the moderate category, Huckle Buck Shoe, gets the vote in the Mullingar Irish Bumper.
This won’t take a lot of winning and Willie Mullins’ six-year-old is the one to beat, on his three lengths second to well-backed Dumitas at Bellewstown.
Tom Taaffe’s Shouldertoshoulder has never fulfilled earlier promise, but might be capable of squeezing through the Tom McCormack Memorial Cup Maiden Hurdle.
Beaten ten lengths by Older And Wiser at Bellewstown, he’s entitled to come on for that first outing in a fair while.
