Danziger can lead rivals a merry dance
She made her debut in bad ground at the Curragh earlier in the month and was beaten a neck into second by by the previously once-raced Gold Lace.
Then two weeks later at Navan, the selection again performed with distinct promise when tbird behind David Wachman’s well-regarded Fire Lily and Jim Bolger’s An Ghalanta.
The biggest worry now is surely Kevin Ryan’s English challenger, Pea Shooter. He made a good start at Doncaster when a length second behind Richard Hannon’s newcomer, the odds-on shot Lilbourne Lad.
Pat Smullen partners Danziger and he and Weld can complete a double with Address Unknown in the www.dundalkstadium.com Race.
Address Unknown will make short of three rivals on his best form, although the selection did throw in one stinker at the Curragh last season.
The son of Oasis Dream, however, did round off the campaign with a creditable head second to ill-fated Rajik in a Listed event at Galway in August and a repeat of that effort will be more than sufficient.
The Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Maiden won’t take a lot of winning, with the vote going to Aidan O’Brien’s newcomer, Amen, a son of Galileo.
O’Brien has a strong hand at Gowran Park tomorrow and it will be a surprise should he fail to figure among the winners.
His Raphael Santi, who couldn’t quite reel in Jim Bolger’s Parish Hall at Leopardstown, will be hard to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden for juveniles.
O’Brien’s West Wind, beaten by stable companion, Empowering, at Leopardstown, looks best in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes.
A third OBrien possibility is High Ruler in the Tote Daily Double Races 5 and 6 Classic Trial. He’s clearly no star, but has a minimum of 7lbs in hand of all of his rivals.
At Sligo tomorrow, Willie Mullins’ Maid From Milan can land the nap in the two and a half mile Kennedys’ Bar Hurdle.
She made most to take her maiden at Tramore back in April and will surely be cherry-ripe for this test, with Paul Townend in the plate and on the verge of being champion jockey for the first time.
The Bumper may be best left to The Shaughraun, who hinted there may be better to come when sixth behind the smart Jenari at Gowran Park.
