Kasanka set to go one better
The daughter of Galileo made an eye-catching start at Tipperary last month and is a confident choice to build on that.
Johnny Murtagh gave her plenty of time to find her feet, in that mile and a half contest, but she finished to real effect to claim second spot, two and a half lengths adrift of Notable Graduate. In fourth was Tommy Stack’s Secretsubstitute and he boosted the form when landing a gamble at Roscommon on Monday evening.
Another with just a single outing under his belt, Estithmaar, should provide the answer to the Cork Racecourse Maiden for colts and geldings.
As a son of Pivotal any cut in the surface will be no problem to him and, indeed, the ground was heavy when he made his debut at Limerick.
Light enough in the market, Estithmaar was beaten a head by the heavily-backed Swampfire and has been given loads of time to recover from his exertions.
Aidan O’Brien’s two-year-olds are going well and Among Equals, who is by the very fast Oasis Dream, is fancied to do the business for him in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden.
At Dundalk, Dermot Weld’s Danziger, beaten a neck by Naseem Sea on this track last time, can go one better in the opening maiden. Naseem Sea didn’t let the side down when runner-up behind Aidan O’Brien’s newcomer, Choir, the medium of inspired market support, at Naas on Wednesday night.
Kevin Prendergast’s When Not Iff, who ran away with a Gowran Park handicap to the tune of six lengths, has the best of the weights in the bookings@dundalkstadium.com Race.
