Redera can complete hat-trick
He won at Limerick last month by five lengths and went up a whopping 13lbs for his audacity.
The selection, however, showed at Wexford on Friday evening that he is in rude good health right now and may still be ahead of the handicapper.
Conceding Echo Bob 7lbs, he cruised clear of him in the straight to score by an unflattering four and a half lengths.
The selection now carries a mandatory 6lbs penalty, which sees him joint top weight. But the fact Ruby Walsh sticks with Redera, in preference to in-form stable companion, Uncle Taffy, has to be regarded as significant and the progressive five-year-old is the one to beat.
Charles Byrnes’ Domination gets the nod in the two and a half miles Boylesports Hurdle, even though failing to justify cramped odds last time.
He was surprisingly beaten a neck by Lend A Hand Son at Sligo, but may well relish stepping up another half a mile in trip.
Tommy Stack’s Betrothed is a hopeful choice in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.
She appeared to be a winner in waiting after finishing a head second to Dance Secretary on her seasonal debut at the Curragh.
The daughter of Oratorio then went off a warm order at Killarney, but trailed in ninth behind Further Detail. Hopefully, the Curragh version of Betrothed will arrive today!
Stack could also supply the answer to the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fund Maiden for colts and geldings with Great Huzzar.
Disappointing when well fancied on his only outing as a juvenile, Great Huzzar looked a horse of some promise on his reappearance, sixth to Estithmaar at Cork.
