Tempo poised for Plate success
She is a progressive and potentially high-class mare and, as a seven-year-old, has huge scope for improvement.
Willie Mullins' charge was a decent hurdler, for Willie Austin, and has taken quite beautifully to fences.
She rounded off a decent winter campaign with a career-best performance at the Punchestown festival in May.
The daughter of Accordion was beaten four and a half lengths into second by Philip Hobbs’ well-regarded Wishfull Thinking and would have been closer, but for blundering two out.
Last year’s winner, Finger Onthe Pulse, runs off a mark 9lbs higher, while the third then, Majestic Concorde, has since gone up a whopping 15lbs.
Bahrain Storm, who loves this track, is the danger. He has won a Galway Hurdle, finished second in the race and has also scored on the flat at Ballybrit.
He came home well when taking a modest contest at Killarney, an ideal preparation, and we know the hill holds no fears for him.
Dermot Weld’s Galileo's Choice gets the nap in Tote Pick Six Maiden Hurdle. He hasn’t been seen since failing to get to grips with heavily-backed Pittoni on the flat at Tipperary in April, but is certain to have been nicely primed for this test.
Weld’s Mutasharef has a leading chance in the mile and a half for amateur riders, the Tote Trifecta Maiden.
Again he has to overcome a long absence, but that should not be a problem. The gelding was fourth to Quest For Peace at Leopardstown in April, particularly catching the eye.
Hopefully by the last, the Tote Return All Profits To Irish Racing Maiden, Weld will be seeking a treble, because his Font Of Wisdom cannot be opposed in this contest.
