Leave it to Luska

LUSKA LAD can make a successful debut over jumps in the Corrib Food Products Maiden Hurdle at Galway this afternoon.

Conditions are certain to be testing, but that won’t be a problem for John Hanlon’s five-year-old who is clearly well fancied, considering Ruby Walsh is booked to ride.

The selection was one of the better bumper horses in the country last season, scoring no less than four times and rounding off his campaign with a highly creditable third to Dunguib and Sweeps Hill at the Punchestown Festival.