Datokepe can deliver
He got off the mark over flights at Clonmel last month, producing a decent effort to beat subsequent winner, Rattan, by five lengths.
The selection then stepped into handicap company for the first time at Fairyhouse on Grand National day.
Datokepe had far from a clear run in the straight, but kept going well enough to claim sixth spot behind Marlay Park. The second then, Kerb Appeal, went on to win at the Punchestown festival, so the form appears reasonably strong.
On an evening when betting opportunities are thin on the ground, Lend A Hand Son may be capable of defying top weight in the Cornaher Handicap Hurdle.
He got the full Ruby Walsh treatment when beating hot-pot Domination a neck at Sligo and a 7lbs rise in the weights was fair enough!
At Killarney tomorrow Walsh can guide Willie Mullins’ Pozyc to success in the featured ladbrokes.com Handicap Hurdle.
He was the medium of a big gamble at Naas in March, but could only manage fifth behind Silent Creek.
That was Pozyc’s first outing for a long time, clearly he had been showing plenty at home, and he may well have been laid out for this.
Walsh and Mullins can also land the www.themalton.com Chase with Apt Approach, who was distinctly unlucky at Punchestown eleven days ago.
Returning from a break, he was in front in a competitive handicap when falling at the final fence.
The Ross Golf Club Maiden Hurdle can fall to Dessie Hughes’ Ross Na Righ. Beaten by Captain Paulie at Navan and Sicilian Secret at Fairyhouse, this represents a little drop in class.
At Navan tomorrow, John Oxx’s once-raced Wakhan looks the bet of the day in the navanracecourse.ie Maiden.
A son of Dalakhani, he was doing all his best work at the end of ten furlongs when beaten a length by stable companion, Zanughan, on this track and a mile and five now looks perfect.
Boris Grigoriev, who won by a snug length over five furlongs at Tipperary, should relish the step up in trip of the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Race and gets the nod.
