Original Option ready to go one better

THE dropped-in-class Original Option should prove hard to beat in the three mile Kill Maiden Hurdle at Naas this afternoon.

Successful in testing conditions in a Limerick bumper last Christmas, Noel Meade’s gelding has produced a couple of promising efforts over flights this season.

At Tipperary, over an inadequate two miles, he finished 14 lengths third behind the smart Hidden Cyclone and was then moved up to three miles in a graded race at Cork on his latest appearance.