Estrela Braga poised to get off the mark

EDWARD O’GRADY’S Estrela Braga can land the nap in the [e-mail] Maiden Hurdle at the western track tonight.

He does have to overcome an absence of 114 days, but fitness is rarely an issue with horses from this yard.

Certainly, the eight-year-old has performed sufficiently well in two outings over flights to indicate that a little contest such as this is well within his compass.