Bog Warrior can make it third time lucky

THE first evening meeting of the year takes place at Cork today, with buckets of runners, a particularly tricky programme and a 4.25 starting time.

Tony Martin’s Bog Warrior is a hopeful nap choice to cope with 23 rivals in the explicit.ie Maiden Hurdle.

He’s clearly been backward and, as a seven-year-old, has only two runs under his belt. Bog Warrior made a winning start in a Fairyhouse bumper, staying on strongly late to beat Jessica Harrington’s Burn And Turn by three parts of a length on New Year’s Day.