Fonze fancied

THE versatile The Fonze can land the nap in the J P McManus Hurdle at Cork this afternoon.

The last time the selection performed over flights was two runs back at Limerick, where he stayed on in fine style to beat Final Day by a length and a quarter. Eoin Doyle, who has his charges in good shape, then ran him under top weight in the Galway Plate last Wednesday.

The Fonze emerged with reputation enhanced, producing a career-best effort to finish a creditable fourth behind Finger Onthe Pulse. Hopefully, that hard race will not have left its mark and the nine-year-old can continue what has been an excellent campaign.